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B-176761(2) 1 (1973-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvfc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~743 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED. STATES WASHINGTON, D.C- 205A8 B-176761 JAN 24 1973 Dear Mr. Secretary: E& aosod i. a q opy of our decision of today, denying the protest of Sociosetrics, Inc., under RVF o. NIH 72-4280(R), issued by the ational Institutes of Health. Whil 'we have denied the protest. your attention is .invited to I' the following cirtuxstances which*. be*eve,.reture sox corrective ~ation.'' '1As noted in the decision, 0oly AST' s pro pos , which received a coposit4 score of 83*out-of a possible 100'' vas determined to be within the cometitive range for- the proturemet -price and other fac- tore considered-, owever, the record also sh ws that the Program ndsnam ge t Officer, by semorandum of June 14, 1972, to the Contract StAff , stated that he w*ould be veiry conceraed if *any organization othor tbo one of the -top. four if. avorded the. contract. dSctsoni sball be emuaited with AIA respo~nsible off eors awo submit lPropoals -Wthin a co-aet. tive rage,. price and other factors considered. 1twtheraor-v.. it thou1b*. rbmwdoi 'that the.ImiserY consideration inj nsgotiated procurements Is disc Ussion# with al.A offtrors within a con- peti tive6 range, so- #s, to obtain: m43dinmz practicable co iptition, and that borderline proposals should nOt be automatically excluded from consideration If they are.r soably- susceptible of being made acceptable by additionai -or clarify*g inforatiOn.. 5Ooap.. Gen.. 54-61 (1970). While the determination of .6 etitive range iS priirily a matter f or the -rocu..ring agency: to zake. the June 14 statement of the Program aonagemant Officer, tog ther with. -v14ence of .recrd that the second rsnked proposal rictiyod a composi.e, icore of 73 , .suggest that this proposal, and perhaps othirisi, m.aM4y :hae been reasmably ausceptible of beng sade aecceptable by disacussio.,. wW- thAt the6 proposal ihould, therefore, have been 'considpetd to. be' in the aorp.titive tange for the ......procur elmnt °•.:: ..5

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