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B-188851 1 (1977-11-16)

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             FILE:        3-188851             DATE: November 16, 1977
0            MATTER   OF:       AA  Engineering and Drafting, Inc.


             DIGEST:

                         Determination of technical acceptability of
                         proposals is within disuration of procuring
                         agency and will not be disturbed absrnt
                         clear showing that determination wa unreason-
                         able. Rebuttal to agency's technical determina-
                         tion is in general argumentative terms and does
                         noL establish that technical evaluation was
                         without reasonable basis.


                  AA  Engineering and Drafting, Inc..(AAA), ias protested the
             determination that its proposal was technially unhcceptable under
             request for proposals (RFP) F29601-77-R-0027, issud by the Depart-
             ment of the Air Force, Contract Management Division, Kirtland Air
             Force Base, New Mexico. The solicitation was for the procurement of
             an estimated 8,400 pages of instructions for nuclear weapon loading,
             delivery, and transport Technical Orders.

                  The proposal of the protesiter vas determined to be technically
             anacceptable' n .the grounds that the proposal described an unacceptale
             technical approa&ci to contract performance and showed a lack of ability
             to meet contract schedules. The protester alleges that the rejection
             of its proposal was arbitrary, beir, based upon an unreasonable and
             overly rigid technical evaluation.

                  The instructioas in the REP advised offerors that the Management/
             Technical Proposal would be the most important consideration in the
             award of a contract. The criteria for evaluation reflected this
             emphasis by stating:

                  The folloWi&ng categories (A, 3, C, D) and the
                  individual factors within each category, are
                  listed in relative order of importance with the
                  most important first. Any one overall category
                  rating of UNACCEPTABLE may eliminte the proposal


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