B-265650.2: Dec 28, 1995

A firm protested the Kennedy Center's rejection of its bid for uniformed security guard services, contending that the Center improperly excluded its bid from the competitive range. GAO held that the Center reasonably excluded the protester's bid from the competitive range, since: (1) the protester failed to show that it could develop operations manuals; (2) the protester's previous performance rai...

B-265650.2: Dec 28, 1995

Exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competitive range was reasonable where the proposal failed to show the protester's ability to develop and write operations manuals. Price was to be separately evaluated but not scored and was less important than the technical factors. Three proposals were included in the competitive range. Five others (including Areawide's) were rejected as technicall...