B-228429.5: Mar 11, 1988

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for maintenance services, contending that the Air Force: (1) improperly evaluated its proposal; (2) excluded it from the competitive range; and (3) failed to award the contract to a small disadvantaged business. GAO held that the Air Force: (1) reasonably downgraded the protester's bid, since it lacked corporate experience and failed to provide addition...

B-228429.5: Mar 11, 1988

Protest that technical evaluation of protester's corporate experience was improper because of agency's failure to afford proper consideration to qualifications and experience of proposed key personnel is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency considered this experience but reasonably concluded that it only partially offset the protester's complete lack of corporate experience. Protes...