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B-187153 1 (1976-11-30)

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           DECISlatg .                   V  THE UNITED OTATEs
                                        LVASHINGTON, 0.C, 20548
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          FILE:  B-187,53                   QA:TE:   Mlovember 30, 1975

          MATTER OF:      The Human Resources Company


          DIGEST:

          1.    Selection of higher priced but significantly technically
                superior offer is not objectionable in view of evaluation
                criteria which gave equal. weight to technical and price
                considerationr and absence from record of any indication
                that propcsal evaluation was utreasonable.

          2.   Agency request for and receipt of clarification' of pro-
                posal, which made other dse unacceptable proposal accept-
                able, constituted discussion, therefore necessitating
                discussions with all offerors subtitting proposals within
                competitive range. However, it is not clear that protester
                shoud have been included isr competitive range and CAO can-
                not conclude that discussions should nave been held with
                protester.

          3.   Protecter's contention that it should have bcen given
                sperdal consideration lit evaluation on basis of its in-
                state geographic location is without merit since evalua-
                tioa factgrs did not provide for 6iving preference to
                in-state Lvm.

          4.   Allegation that contracting agency discriminated against
               protester because it is small, female-owned firm is not
               supported by record.



               The Human Resources Company f 1rotests the award of   a
          fixed-price cuntract to Instructio. . stem Design (ISD) under
          request for proposals (RFP) YA-512-RFPb-47 issued by the Bureau
          of Land Management, Departmeut of the Interior (Interior), on
          April 12, 1976.  .  solicitation invited proposals for an in-
 *       depth  training needs analysis for fire fighters in the Alaska
          fire suppression program. -








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