B-285351,B-285351.2: Aug 17, 2000

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of its bid for custodial services, contending that GSA improperly downgraded its proposal based on undisclosed evaluation criteria. GAO held that GSA improperly used undisclosed evaluation criteria in evaluating the protester's bid. Accordingly, the protest was sustained, and GAO recommended that GSA: (1) amend the solicitation...

B-285351,B-285351.2: Aug 17, 2000

DIGEST Agency's proposal evaluation and resulting competitive range determination were unreasonable where offerors' experience. Management approach/resources were evaluated by the mechanical and otherwise unsupported application of undisclosed source selection plan standards. Olympus contends that the exclusion was the result of GSA's improperly downgrading Olympus's proposal on the basis of the m...