B-224414: Sep 16, 1986

A firm protested its exclusion from the competitive range under a Federal Highway Administration (FHwA) solicitation that required the development of benefit/cost procedures. FHwA found the protester's proposal technically acceptable, but excluded it from further consideration because its costs were significantly higher than the two other offerers'. The protester contended that: (1) the solicitati...

B-224414: Sep 16, 1986

OFFERORS WERE ADVISED THAT PROPOSALS WOULD BE EVALUATED BASED ON THEIR TECHNICAL COMPETENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE HPMS PROCESS. AWARD OF A COST-PLUS-FIXED-FEE CONTRACT WAS CONTEMPLATED AND THE RFP INDICATED THAT RELATIVE COSTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE ULTIMATE AWARD DECISION. FIVE PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED BY FHWA BY THE RFP'S CLOSING DATE. WHICH THEN WERE SCORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATED E...