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B-286229 1 (2000-12-05)

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   .      G    A     0                                                 Comptroller General

Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                                     United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: SWR, Inc.

          File:        B-286229; B-286229.2

          Date:        December 5, 2000


          Benjamin M. Bowden, Esq., Albrittons, Clifton, Alverson & Moody, for the protester.
          Michael Colvin, Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency.
          Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency decision to exclude proposal for operation of two animal care facilities from
          the competitive range as unacceptable was reasonable where proposal confused
          requirements of the facilities, failed to address requirements of one facility, and did
          not address potential problems that could affect the animals and possible solutions
          to those problems.
          DECISION

          SWR, Inc. protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under
          request for proposals (RFP) No. 2000-N-00050, issued by the Department of Health
          and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for the care
          and maintenance of laboratory animals (used for research) at the Chamblee and
          Lawrenc eville animal care facilities.

          We deny the protest.

          The solicitation provided for a best value evaluation based on technical, past
          performance and price factors. The technical factors to be evaluated were staffing,
          experience and qualifications; management approach; understanding the project;
          and quality assurance plan. A technical evaluation panel (TEP) evaluated the
          proposals received and determined that SWR's was unacceptable due to substantial
          informational and other deficiencies under each evaluation factor; it concluded that
          SWR did not understand how to operate an animal care facility for laboratory
          animals. Competitive Range Decision (CRD) at 2.

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