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B-294481 1 (2004-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapor0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Worldwide Primates, Inc. File: B-294481 Date: October 12, 2004 Brooke Block for the protester. Douglas Kornreich, Esq., and Doris Gibson, Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where an agency reasonably eliminated the protester's proposal from the competitive range because, even after discussions, the protester failed to submit a proposal that addressed the solicitation requirements. DECISION Worldwide Primates, Inc. protests the award of seven contracts by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. NHLBI-PS-2003-079. Worldwide primarily argues that the agency's evaluation of its proposal as technically unacceptable was unreasonable. We deny the protest. On July 30, 2003, NHLBI issued the RFP, seeking proposals to supply non-human primates, and to provide shipping, testing, and holding services for the animals. RFP § B. 1. The RFP contemplated multiple awards of indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity contracts. The procurement was conducted under the procedures for evaluation of commercial items in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. The RFP contained FAR § 52.212-2(a), specifying that award would be made to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered and then specified weights for enumerated non-price criteria. RFP at 27-28. The RFP identified the following technical evaluation factors: demonstrated understanding of the magnitude and scope of work in the proposed technical approach (25 points); the

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