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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: Century Environmental Hygiene, Inc.
File: B-279378
Date: June 5, 1998
James E. Dennison for the protester.
Michael Colvin, Department of Health & Human Services, for the agency.
John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Source selection decision cannot be determined to be reasonable where the
evaluation of the protester's proposal is inconsistent with the solicitation evaluation
criteria, it is based on unsupported evaluation conclusions, and the agency fails to
rebut protester's assertions that its proposal was misevaluated.
DECISION
Century Environmental Hygiene, Inc. protests the award of a contract to MedTox
Northwest under request for proposals (RFP) No. 240-BPHC-32(7) issued by the
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of
Health & Human Services for industrial hygiene and environmental health advisory
services. Century argues that its proposal was improperly evaluated and scored.
We sustain the protest.
The purpose of the contract is to provide HRSA with industrial hygiene and
environmental specialists to provide assistance to federal agencies throughout the
western United States. The contractor is to consult, plan, implement, evaluate, and
certify environmental health/industrial hygiene services for federal employees and
managers. The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity contract, with cost reimbursement elements for materials and
travel expenses, for a base year and 4 option years.
The RFP, at section M.5, contemplated award to the best advantage of the
Government, cost and other factors considered. Section M.5 also stated that
[o]rganizations from among those determined to be technically best qualified will
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