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B-270774 1 (1996-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeaz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: The Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast and Islands, Inc. File: B-270774; B-270774.2; B-270774.4; B-270774.5 Date: April 22, 1996 Harry Sethna and Glen Harvey for the protester. Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., Jessica C. Abrahams, Esq., and Stacey L. Bierstock, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, for Brown University, an intervenor. Jeffrey C. Morhardt, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that awardee's proposal does not comply with applicable statute relating to the composition and authority of proposed governing board is denied where the proposal shows that the awardee proposed a governing board that complies with all statutory requirements. 2. Protest that awardee engaged in bait and switch tactic is denied where record shows that key employee in question had submitted a letter of intent which the awardee included in its proposal; awardee's post-award substitution of the key employee because of the individual's unavailability is not objectionable where record shows that individual was proposed in good faith, but became unavailable for employment after contract award. 3. Protest challenging the evaluation of the awardee's proposal on various grounds is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation scheme outlined in the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 4. Agency's cost/technical tradeoff is unobjectionable where record, when read as a whole, shows that selection was based on fact that awardee's proposal was found technically superior, offered greater level of effort, and was only slightly higher in price. DECISION The Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast and Islands, Inc. (RLE) protests the award of a contract to Brown University under request for 546422

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