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B-181165 1 (1975-02-24)

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            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                       WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548           --'7C

3-181165
                                              FEB 2 4 1975









The Honorable
The Secretary of HIealth, Education,
  and Walfare

Dear Mr. Secretary:

     Enclosed in a copy of our decision of today, denying the
protest of Technology, Inc., under P1? 641-4-204I issued by the
Iational Center for Toxicolo7.lcal Research for diet preparation
services for laboratory animals.

     We point out that the evaluation standard of the R!T re-
garding an off eror's qualifications on similar or related
prior programs was interpreted by the Center to moan similar
experience from a functional viewpoint (that is: prior experi-
ence on a lar!e scale 7operations type contract (specifically,
data processing)), as well as neaning sililar experience from a
content vievpoint (that is: prior similar e-perience with ex-
periments on laboratory anina:ls). By contrast, the protester
suggested tee phrase could only mean similar from a content
viewpoint.

     The successful contractor, Program R.esources, Inc. (FRI),
did not have sirailar e:perience on a content standard, but did
have sL=±lar cxperlc,.ce on a lunctional test--specifically, PRI
has operated U;CTP's cornputer facility.

     AMthouh we could not question the Center's interoretation
of the ilaa s~ilar or r            we rccoz-end that the phrase
be defin-ed as prLcc!ely as poassiblc when conidcred for use in
future solicicatio.,


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