https://www.gao.gov/products/139364

B-235299: Aug 17, 1989

A firm protested a Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) contract award for peer review of health care services, contending that HCFA: (1) improperly relied on the awardee's representations regarding its organizational sponsors; (2) failed to credit it for its experience relevant to the scope of work; and (3) failed to award it the contract, since its low bid was technically equal to the awa...

https://www.gao.gov/products/420951

B-235299: Aug 17, 1989

Agency reasonably relied on awardee's representations that it was a physician-sponsored organization and therefore entitled to evaluation preference in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. Agency acted reasonably in not crediting protester's administrative experience where the stated evaluation criterion relating to experience was limited to peer review experience. Contracting officer ha...