A firm protested a prime contractor's rejection of its bid under two related Department of Energy solicitations for support personnel, contending that the prime contractor: (1) unreasonably evaluated its technical proposal; (2) improperly excluded its bid from the competitive range; and (3) improperly debriefed it after award. GAO held that the: (1) protest of the unrestricted solicitation was aca...

Where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with factors listed in solicitations. Which differ only in that one contained a notice that MMES would not accept offers for the set-aside portion of the effort from concerns that were not SDBs. The numerator of which is the average number of points awarded the proposal in question. The denominator of which is the number of points awarded to the highe...