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B-190238 1 (1978-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgdn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i I CIION. . I4(.O u L fpI THE 'OP COMV-TRoLLER GENERAL uHj.4 IJNITEC DSTATUE WASHINGTON, D QO.R05 4U B-190238 MATE': June 15, 1978 MATTER OF: Documentatioh Associates - Claim for Prepcration Costs Proposal DIGEST: claimant of prbposal preparation coats contersds that contracting agency in bad faith induced claimant to submit offer. Bases for conten- tion were previously bases for untimely protest which were not therefore ronsidered on merits. Claim is denied, since merits may riot be con- sidered'now imerely because they are raised in context of claim. GAOpreviously deternined that contracting agency's inclusioir'of claimant's unasuccessful proposal in eompetitive range was 'Improper, since initial proposal waf considered non- competitive. Ciaiman' requests keimbursement for expenseesyof atending. technical discussions and submitting revi's'ed offer, which, in view of GAO decision, sh6ld nbt have been incurred. Claim is denied, since record showo no bad faith on part coE contracting agency. Expenses incurred in attending debriefing and protest costs may not be paid. In DbdbmtationAsicates, B-190238, March 23, 1978, 781 CPD 228, we considered a protest,by Documentation Associates against the rejection of its proposal.under request for proposals (RFP) No. 2-26363 for library technical processing services, issued by theNational Aeronautics and Space Adfiinis- tration (NASA). The proposal was one of two inbluded in the compititive range after an initial evaluation (the other was the incumbent's, TechnologyPDevelopment Coporai'tion (TDC)). Tchnical discussions were held with both firms, and revised offeis were'submitted. A further 'evaluation rated'DocUmentation Associates' proposal slightly lower technically'than TDC's. Therefore, and kice the cost of the Documentation Associates'.proposal far exceeded that of TDC, the contracting officer selected TDC for final negotiation. FILE: A, If I I I I- kL l. 2. 4L 0 L p I i I -q a * I I i

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