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B-289334 1 (2002-01-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaocs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General A a * Integrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd. File: B-289334 Date: January 10, 2002 Nancie Lumpkins for the protester. David P. Metzger, Esq., Holland & Knight, for DelaBarre & Associates Inc., an intervenor. Lawrence Rudolph, Esq., National Science Foundation, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that discussion questions improperly established new requirements, and that the questions reveal other improprieties in the evaluation, is denied where record shows that discussion questions in fact reflected solicitation requirements, and that evaluation was reasonable. DECISION Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd. protests the award of a contract to DelaBarre & Associates Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DMI-000002, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a HUBZone small business set-aside for support services for federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) conferences. Imagine protests various aspects of the technical and cost evaluations. We deny the protest. The RFP sought proposals to provide support services for planning, promoting, and conducting 10 large conferences on federal research and development (R&D) for small high-tech companies. These conferences are the government's principal effort to disseminate information on federal R&D opportunities for small disadvantaged businesses and small technology-based companies. The RFP contemplated the award of a cost-plus-award-fee contract for 3 years, with two 1-year options. Proposals were to be evaluated under three technical factors totaling 100 points: management plan (35 points); capability and experience of staff (35 points); and

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