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B-220381.2 1 (1986-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkty0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-220381.2 June 3, 1986 The Honorable William L. Armstrona United States Senator 311 Steele Street Denver, Colorado 80206 Dear Senator Armstronq: This is in resnonse to the letter of March 21, 1986 from your Staff Assistant, Joann L. (elvin, requestinq our views on concerns about our bid protest Procedures expressed in correspondence from Mr. Don T. Moore, President of Power Line Models, Inc. Ms. Gelvin also exoressed your interest in whether legislation miqht be helpful with respect to matters raised by Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore's firm recently protested to our Office concerning the Department of Enerqy's selection of Uhl and Lopez Pnqineers, Inc. for work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. The protest raised essentially three issues. Power Line Models believed that its proposal was unfairly evaluated, that the aqency's evaluation panel was biased, and that a potential conflict of interest arose when the awardee was acquired by another contractor for the Department of Fnerqy. We reviewed the procurement record and concluded that there was a reasonable basis for selection of Uhl and Lopez. Both firms' proposals were considered to be excel- lent, and they tied in the total number of points awarded. Since two out of three evaluation panel members had ranked Uhl and Lopez first, the panel recommended that firm for selection. We also concluded that Power Line Models was merely speculating reqardinq bias on the part of the evalu- ation panel, and we found no evidence of a ootential con- flict of interest. As a result of these findinqs, we denied the protest. Based on the experience of Power Line Models in this recent protest, Mr. Moore believes that our bid protest procedures do not provide a satisfactory means of ensurino

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