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B-270185 1 (1996-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadxd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Health Management Resources, Inc. File: B-270185; B-270185.2 Date: January 25, 1996 Terrence M. O'Connor, Esq., for the protester. Terrence J. Tychan and Mike Colvin, Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency conducted meaningful discussions regarding the protester's proposed approach to a particular task through discussion questions which reasonably led the protester into the areas of concern. 2. Agency's decision not to rescore proposals is unobjectionable where record establishes that agency considered all matters contained in offerors' best and final offer proposal revisions, and reasonably determined that relative standing of offerors' proposals did not change as a result. 3. Award to offeror who submitted higher-cost, higher technically rated proposal is reasonable where solicitation evaluation scheme gives greater weight to technical merit than to cost, and record supports selection official's determination that the relatively slight cost savings associated with the protester's proposal did not outweigh technical superiority of awardee's proposal. DECISION Health Management Resources, Inc. (HMRI) protests the award of a contract to J&E Associates under request for proposals (RFP) No. HRSA 240-BPHC-38(5) NAB, a small business set-aside, issued by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services for furnishing travel and logistical support services. HMRI contends that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions and lacked a rational basis for its award decision. We deny the protest. 940124

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