Opinion ID: 2176374
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Contract Appeals Board Decision

Text: On September 2, 1992, the CAB issued a decision denying GIA's bid protest in all respects. See 40 D.C.Reg. 4485 (1992). The Board reached the following conclusions: (1) the District's review committee had not misapplied the RFP's criteria in evaluating GIA's and QDP's proposals; (2) GIA's conflict of interest claims were too speculative to justify disturbing a contract award; (3) GIA's allegation that QDP was planning to subcontract administration of vision care benefits was unsupported by the evidence; (4) GIA's proposed 20 percent discount did not conform to the RFP's request for a single fixed price, and thus the committee did nothing unreasonable in refusing to give it full consideration; and (5) the Controller's determination that QDP was responsible was entitled to deference, absent evidence that procuring officials had a specific, malicious intent to harm GIA. See id. at 4508-19. GIA has since filed an action in Superior Court for review of the CAB decision. That decision is not before us in this appeal.