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B-277326 1 (1997-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagbv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Microcosm, Inc. File: B-277326; B-277326.2; B-277326.3; B-277326.4; B-277326.5 Date: September 30, 1997 Alfred J. Verdi, Esq., for the protester. Timothy A. Harness, for Summa Technology, Inc., and John R. Grady, for Universal Space Lines, the intervenors. Vincent A. Salgado, Esq., and Louis R. Durnya, Esq., National Aeronautics & Space Administration, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where protester's proposal under broad agency announcement failed to include sufficient technical information to establish viability of proposed research, agency reasonably determined that technical success was improbable and properly determined not to fund proposal. DECISION Microcosm, Inc. protests the National Aeronautics & Space Administration's (NASA) evaluation and rejection of its proposal under NASA research announcement (NRA) 8-19, issued for low-cost earth-to-orbit transportation systems research proposals. Microcosm alleges that NASA failed to evaluate the protester's proposal fairly, failed to communicate with the protester regarding certain aspects of its proposal, relaxed certain of the NRA requirements for the awardees, and used competitive procurement evaluation procedures which were not appropriate for NRAs. We deny the protest. This procurement was conducted under NASA's Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) authority contained in NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFARS) § 1835.016-70. A BAA is a contracting method by which government agencies can acquire basic and applied research. BAAs may be used by agencies to fulfill requirements for scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state of the art or increasing knowledge or understanding rather than focusing on a specific system or hardware solution. A BAA is considered a competitive procedure and meets the requirements for full and open competition if

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