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B-193057 1 (1979-06-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhjb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'A THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-193057 MATTER OF: DIGEST: DATE: June 29, 1979 Franklin Institute Research Laboratories 1. Deciding whether difference in point scoring is significant, or whether technical pro- posals are essentially equal involves exer- cise of judgment by agency. Evaluation record supports agency determination that spread of six points between top two proposals is not significant and that proposals are substan- tially equal. 2. Where'two offerors are considered technically equal and differential between acceptable offerors' cost estimates is slight prudence dictates that detailed cost analysis be made of each proposal and that a contemporaneous record of analysis be made and kept. 3. Record does not show that meaningful cost analysis was made where agency does not explain $2940 difference between offerors' estimate of same direct cost element but maintjins that both estimates are deemed reasonable and there is evidence of questionable normalization analysis of one proposal. GAO recommends that agency again evaluate two proposals using more comprehensive cost realism analysis and award remainder of term to protester if its offer is determined to be low. Franklin Institute Research Laboratories (Franklin), protests the award of a contract to Informatics IncorCA/M4d6 porated (Informatics) on September 29, 1978, under re- quest for proposals (RFP) No. WA 78-C256 issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The RFP, which was issued on June 14, 1978, contemplated a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract to provide information support for EPA's Office of Noise Abatement and Control. Th --~-~jTHIT j~ce~ (o# ~iu'+ys/ <l?

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