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B-188997 1 (1977-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfkg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: II :)hn Carter PL I P -1. THE CCMPTROLLER 'F _AAL DECISION .J . OF THE U N ITE 0 b'rATB WASH4IN GTO N. 0. . 205 48 FILE: B-188997 DATE: November 23, 1977 MATTER OF: Logic Systems DIGEST: 1. Allegation that agency evaluators failed to consider blanket offer of compliance with specifications in evaluation of proteiter's proposal is not persuasive evidence of bias where requeat for proposals states that such blanket offers would be considered inadequate. 2. Technical clarifichticn questions to offerors in competitive range do not provide evidence of bias in evaluation where most questions are substantially similar and those questions which are different relate to aeficiencies noted in individual proposals. 3. ProLest of relative weight given to evaluation factors made after receipt of Initial proposals and award is timely where protester was not advised of relative weight until receipt of documents from agency and protest was made within 10 working days thereafter. 4. Evaluation of offeror's understanding of a procurement based on proposal's response, or lack thereof, to each of the requirements set forth in the specification and the nature of chat response, e.g., whether a specific technical approach was proposed or merely an offer of compliance without detail, is not so inherently subjec- tive as to be arbftrary. 5. Contracting agency has the responsibility of determining the relative merit of proposals. GAO will not question such a determination absent a clear showing on the record that it is unreasonable, e.g., has no rational basis. Mere allegation of prejudice is not sufficient showing. Where protester Is unable to meet its burden of affir- matively showing bias and unreasonable evaluation, protest is denied. Logic Systems (Logic) protests the award of a contract to Zeta Research, Inc. (Zeta), under request for proposals (RFP) N3. N00421- 76-R-0275 issued by the Naval Air Station (NAS), Patuxent River, Maryland. Logic's protest is premised on contentions that the evalu- ation of proposals was prejudiced and that Logic was dcnied an equal opportunity for its cechnical presentation. -1 - I

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