A state university protested a Department of Education contract award to operate an education clearinghouse, contending that the: (1) evaluation panel lacked sufficient expertise to adequately evaluate the bids; and (2) awardee's technical proposal lacked adequate education and staffing information. GAO would not consider the protest against the evaluation panel's qualifications, absent a showing...

General Accounting Office will not object to the composition and qualifications of an agency's technical evaluation panel absent a showing of possible fraud. PROCUREMENT - Competitive Negotiation - Technical evaluation boards Bias allegation - Allegation substantiation - Evidence sufficiency Protest of evaluation of competitor's proposal is denied where the record shows that it was fair and reason...