B-274269:
Dec 2, 1996
A research foundation protested a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) contract award for clinical studies of chronic lyme disease, contending that NIAID: (1) failed to conduct a proper cost evaluation and merely accepted, and compared as the basis for award selection, the bidders' bottom-line proposed costs without further analysis; and (2) should have evaluated the bidde...