B-240659: Dec 10, 1990

A firm protested a Navy contract award for maintenance center operation, contending that the Navy failed to: (1) properly evaluate the awardee's proposal under the corporate experience factor; (2) apply a small-disadvantaged-business (SDB) evaluation preference to its bid; and (3) consider the significant costs of contract transition. GAO held that the: (1) Navy reasonably and consistently evaluat...

B-240659: Dec 10, 1990

Protest that agency failed to properly evaluate awardee's corporate experience is denied where agency's technical evaluation is not shown to be unreasonable or inconsistent with the solicitation's evaluation scheme. Protest that solicitation should have included such an evaluation preference is untimely under Bid Protest Regulations since it alleges a solicitation impropriety apparent before the c...