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B-178295(1),B-178295(2),B-178295(3) 1 (1973-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafvp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STAT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20348 B-178295 October 18, 1973 The Match Institution 6 2 2101 S Street, NI. Washington, D. C. 20008 Chairman LM096047 Get~lemen: This is in reply to your telefax message of April 30, 1973, and subsequent correspondence, rpoesting contract awards made by the Small Business Administration SBA) p uruant tosoii tation o., SBA- 406-LA-73-1. The solicitation, for management and technical assistance to be rendered to individuals 'or enterprises pursuant to section 406 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2906b), provided for the award of 24 _qgojgcts, each covering a specific geographical area. All proposals received were submitted for technical evaluation, following which selection of the successful offerors was made by SBA's 406 Policy Committee. Although you submitted proposals fot aix areas, you did not receive any of the awards. You assert that a thorough assessment of bidder capability was apparently lacking, serious procedural irregularities seem to have ocCurred, there was an apparent disregard for the statutory mandate rof the 406 program and there is strong evidence to support a racial and ethnic bias in the results of the evaluation. On the basis of these allegations, you proteet all of the awards made by SBA tuder the instant solicitation. However, our review does not disclose any irregularities or other deficiences such'as would invalidate any of the awards. The record showns that all proposals were independently evaluated by each member of a 3-man panel in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation, which provided for evaluation on the basis of the qualifications of the staff proposed to be used and the'previous experience and effectiveness of the offeror in providing the type of services being procured. The recbrd further siows that for areas 5, 6, 9 and 11, awards were made to offerors whose proposals were rated higher and priced lower than yourprdposal% For area 2, your proposal was B ST DOCLU' r-A ILABLE

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