B-286345: Nov 17, 2000

A firm protested the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) rejection of its bid for training services, contending that: (1) HHS did not evaluate the proposals in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria; and (2) its proposal offered the best value to the government. GAO held that the proposals were evaluated in accordance with the solicitation evaluation factors, and HHS' ju...

B-286345: Nov 17, 2000

DIGEST The agency's exclusion of the protester's proposal from the competitive range was reasonable where the proposal was reasonably determined not to be one of the most highly rated. Offerors were informed that the agency preferred to receive web-based instruction for the acquisition courses. The following technical evaluation factors and associated point values were identified: Factor Maximum P...