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B-178295(4) 1 (1973-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafvq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATF-S WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-178295 October 18, 1973 Sooo 111,1o11U11 11111 1 1IIIIIl llt 1 The Honorable Thomas S.* Kieppe L064 Administrator, Small Business LM096048 Administration Dear IW. Kleppe: This is in reply to the letters of May 30, August 6,August 7, and August 30, 1973, from the General Counsel, regarding the pro- tests filed by The Natch Institution, Marpet Consultants, Incor- porated, and Graham and Giles, agatinst the amrarding of contracts pursuant to solicitation No. 830O6-LA-73-lo We are enclosing copies of our letters of today to each of the protesters. Although we have denied the protests, ve are concerned -with the absence from the solicitation of any indication of the relative importance of price in relation to the evaluation foectors that were set forth. The solicitation erely stated that Contracts will be awarded to the firms which in the judgment of the Small Business Adbninstration, are bet qualified --price and all other factors cor!,idered. It is the longstanding view of our Office that intelligent competition requires, as a mratter of sound procurement policy, that offerors be advised of the evaluation fuctors to be used eand the relative imprtance of those factors. 52 Coap. Gen. 16,I6 (1972). As w, farther explained in that case, each offerer has a right to know whether the procurement is intended to achieve a mini.mum standard at the lowest cost or hether cost is secondary to quality. Accordingly, we suggest that subsequent solicitations inform offerors of the relative weights that will be accoxded price and other evaluation factors in determining which offevs will be accepted for award. Sincerely yours, BEST ReXtEN X alLubL DeputT Comptroller General of the United States

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