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B-178948 1 (1973-10-26)

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                           CO* PhOLLX. q OENRAL 04 ThUNITD STATES
                                     wAS4*4sN D.C.C  -


                                           October 26. 1973
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           Htr. John Joseph oen                         N.
           *tiaUor at I
           116 Austic Street
           CmbridaevHaachusetta     'Oi2 9                                   .

           Dear Kr. N*es

                For the reass that follov, we are denying your protest submitted
           by letter dated June 19, 1973, *  behalf of LIUguttac Systeoms  uc,
           (.  a), £a4inst the jjectloA of -4 proposal, vithout referral to

           proceedLnc uader request for proposaA l  (W) SS73-s5, tsued by e
           Social ad bhabiltatiap Service (SL), ashfinton, D, C.

               e* Ths   orequired proposals for scaans and abetracting services of
           msetifle professional material in the. field of mmtal retardatio for
           qn warly publication of the Neutal Ratardaton Abstracts. The U, a
           total small buiness se-aside, stated ttat for the'% ** purpose of
           determsing the proposal that best serves tho Interest of the Goverac-
           awt * * W' the proposal evaluation crtiria would be oceetbird each fcr.?
           (1) tdchntcal qualification of propoaed personnel; (2) prformace and
           overall oxperience; and (3) reputatioc An carrying out similar tasks and
           degree of mdentanding of the project evidecced by the propomal.           '

               The edht proposals r eceived wars fozwacdad to a Technical Review -
          Panel for tochnical evaluation. On a poesibaLe scale of 3.0 pointa, tte
          technical review found only lerner Information Services, Inc. (Homer)
          acceptable at 2.66 points, Capitol S.ytri 9 .rcup, Lc,, capable of bein;
          umade acceptable at 1.66, and the other six offerors technically Unccept-
          bles LS1 and two firmw etrated 1.33, 6ubsequently, amrd wa made
          to lhar.ere
              .L$I states that on June 13, 1973, at ts request, the project        .
          offier conucted a telephone conference to respond to LS5's nquiries
          concerning the reasons It was no warded the coutraat. Durinp the
          amvration, 1.S1 states that the project officer, v1ho was the non-voting
          Caira of the Zvaluation Paview oard, advtu.d that the Herner pro-
Sposfl, alone was         etnd   echnically acceptable. H further sated that
         whila ancond proposal was found unacceptable,' but capable of boefk had.



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