B-265698.2: Feb 7, 1996

A firm protested the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) rejection of its bid under a solicitation for scientific instrument maintenance and repair, contending that NIH improperly excluded its bid from the revised competitive range. GAO held that NIH properly excluded the protester's bid from the competitive range, since: (1) its proposed staffing was inadequate; and (2) it had no chance at awar...

B-265698.2: Feb 7, 1996

Contracting agency's determination to exclude protester's low-rated proposal from a revised competitive range was reasonable where protester. The requirement was for on-site full service maintenance. North Carolina. [1] The RFP was issued on February 24. Technical proposals were required to be evaluated based on the following criteria: (1) qualification of service personnel (30 of 100 possible poi...