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B-278508.4 1 (1998-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahov0001 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: Biospherics Incorporated File: B-278508.4; B-278508.5; B-278508.6 Date: October 6, 1998 Steven L. Briggerman, Esq., and Grace Bateman, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, for the protester. Alan S. Weitz, Esq., Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C., for Logistics Applications Inc., an intervenor. Michael Colvin, Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests are sustained where there is no documentation of the agency's evaluation of final revised proposals, that is, there is no information in the record regarding proposal strengths and weaknesses after discussions, and as a result, the reasonableness of the agency's evaluation upon which the award decision was made cannot be determined. DECISION Biospherics Incorporated protests the award of a contract to Logistics Applications Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. AHCPR-98-0001, issued by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Department of Health & Human Services, for the operation of a publications clearinghouse. Biospherics challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and the agency's selection decision. We sustain the protests. The RFP, issued on June 5, 1997 as a small business set-aside, contemplated the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the base period and four 1-year option periods. RFP § L.2., at 62. The RFP described warehousing and distribution (fulfillment) tasks and automated call center and database management function tasks. The RFP required the contractor to store and distribute AHCPR publications; to maintain and manage AHCPR's automated mailing/inventory control systems; and to manage the storage and shipping of AHCPR exhibits.

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