B-228084: Dec 28, 1987

A firm protested a National Cancer Institute (NCI) contract award for chemicals evaluation, contending that NCI: (1) applied evaluation criteria not specified in the solicitation; (2) delayed award until the awardee completed its facility; and (3) did not timely notify it of its exclusion from the competitive range. GAO held that: (1) safety considerations were reasonably related to the evaluation...

B-228084: Dec 28, 1987

The protest is denied. Five proposals were received in response to the RFP. Were forwarded to the Source Evaluation Group (SEG) for further evaluation. The proposals were evaluated in accordance with the following criteria set forth in the RFP: "Qualifications and Experience of Personnel Weight Training and experience in performance of 35 these specific microbial and/or mammalian cell mutagenicity...