B-224578.2: Feb 10, 1987

A firm protested a Navy contract award to another firm for investigating and reporting on equal employment opportunity complaints, contending that: (1) the Navy improperly downgraded its proposal because it lacked investigative experience under Navy regulations, since prior Navy experience was not one of the evaluation criteria; and (2) re-calculation of its corporate experience and personnel qual...

B-224578.2: Feb 10, 1987

WAS NOT IMPROPERLY CONSIDERED AS AN UNDISCLOSED CRITERION WHERE RFP INDICATED THAT INVESTIGATORS' KNOWLEDGE OF AGENCY'S REGULATIONS WAS IMPORTANT AND AGENCY-SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE WAS REASONABLY RELATED TO MORE GENERAL CORPORATE EXPERIENCE AND PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS EVALUATION CRITERIA CONTAINED IN RFP. DSZ CONTENDS THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS NOT PROPERLY EVALUATED IN THAT THE NAVY APPLIED TO IT A TECHN...