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B-181165 1 (1975-02-24)

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            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                       WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548



                                              FEB 24  1975









The Honorable
The Secretary of Iealth, Education,
  and Wolfare

Dear Mr. Secretary:

     Enclosed i  a copy of our decision of today, denying the
protest of Technology, Inc., under RF? 641-4-2041 issued by the
Vational Center for Toxicolo7ical Research for diet preparation
services for laboratory animals.

     We point out that the evaluation standard of the RFP re-
garding an offeror's qualifications on similar or related
prior programs was interpreted by the Center to moan similar
experience from a functional viewpoint (that is: prior experi-
ence on a lar!e scale operations type contract (specifically,
data processing)), as well as neaning similar ezperience from a
content viewpoint (that is: prior similar experience with ex-
periments on laboratory animals).  By contrast, the protester
suggested the phrase could only mean similar from a content
viewpoint.

     The successful contractor, Program R.esources, Inc. (FRI),
did not have similar experience on a content standard, but did
have sL=ilar cxperience on a lunctional test--specifically, PRI
has operated UCTR's conputer facility.

     Althouh  we could not question the Center's interpretation
of the  ihase similar or related, we rccozcnd  that the phrase
be defined as prec!iely as possiblc when considcred for use in
future solicicatio.a.

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