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B-183190 1 (1975-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcii0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DEClSIONl . OF THE UNITED STATEs WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-183190 DATE: June 10, 1975 MATTER OF: Department of Labor Day Care Parents' Association DIGEST: 1. Department of Labor Day Care Parents' Association is an interested party under 4 C. F. R. S 20. 1 for purpose of protesting Department of Labor's award of contract for operation of day care center where fees paid by its mem- bers account for approximately 15 percent of total operating cost of center and nearly one-third of contract price. 2. Since appointment of panel members on the technical evalua- tion panel is matter within administrative discretion of agency, lack of parents' representation does not provide basis for objection to award of contract. 3. Contention that award to offeror who received greatest number of points upon technical evaluation was improper because scor-es of - nly one Of five panel members clearly4 fred that offeror's proposal is without merit since function of technical evaluation panel is to score proposals in terms of evaluation factors set forth in solicitation and not to arrive at consensus as to which offeror should receive award. Since source selec- tion authority had information regarding individual as well as total scores, determination to award on basis of highest total point score and lowest price was not improper. 4. Regarding contention that importance of attending final evalua- tion was not stressed to one of five panel members who chose not to attend, and that incumbent contractor would have received higher technical score if that member had been present, nothing in record indicates that nature of notification given that member was different from that given other panel members. In view thereof, and since there is no regulation precluding panel's func- tioning with less than all five members, no impropriety in con- duct of technical evaluation is shown. 5. Since there is no requirement that offeror's cost proposals be made available to technical evaluation panel, whose function is to evaluate technical merit of proposals against evaluation criteria set forth in solicitation, the failure to do so provides no basis for disturbing award. ,IUBLISItED DECISfON - 1 - 4 .Comp. Gen.......

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