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B-402380 1 (2010-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbgv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation, Ltd. File: B-402380 Date: March 22, 2010 Charles F. Chester, Esq., for the protester. Sandra M. Wozniak, Esq., National Science Foundation, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST The agency's selection of a higher-rated, lower-priced proposal for award was reasonable, where the solicitation contemplated a best-value award, the agency reasonably determined that the protester's proposal deserved a poor rating under the technical factor and a neutral rating under the past performance factor, and the protester's argument challenging the evaluation of its price is untimely. DECISION Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation, Ltd., of Frederick, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) of Washington, DC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACSO9P2121, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for administrative services in support of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The NSF annually awards fellowships for graduate study through the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. These fellowships lead to research-based masters or doctorate degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics relevant to the science mission of the NSF. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. In order to carry out the program, the RFP seeks administrative support for the annual fellowship award competition. This support includes, among other things, assistance with soliciting applications from students seeking the fellowships, through evaluation of more than 12,000 applications by approximately 800 NSF-invited experts in various fields, and the final award notification to the

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