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B-181281 1 (1974-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcds0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISICN THE CIMPTROLLER GENEPAL . . OF THE UNITED STATES ' WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 Wt. I-, FILE: B-181281 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: July 3, 1974 OF: Science Management Corporation (Decision Studies Group) 1. Bid was improperly rejected for failure to include track record of bidder as required by invitation since experience qualification pro- visions relate to responsibility and bid should not be rejected for literal noncompliance in absence of specific nonresponsibility determina- tion based upon consideration of bidder's quali- fications. 2. Rejection of bid for failure to include docu- mentation not clearly called for is of doubtful validity as failure of invitation to clearly state requirement had effect of ensnaring bidder into submitting nonresponsive bid. Furthermore, fail- ure of IFB to clearly express requirement normally requires cancellation of solicitation and readver- tisement under terms which clearly reflect Government's needs. 3. Invitation which fails to set forth objectively determinable standards against which bids may be evaluated on an equal basis for design and develop- ment effort is not sufficiently descriptive to permit full and free competition as required by 41 U.S.C. 253(a), and award pursuant to such IFB should normally be cancelled. However, cancellation not directed here as exigency of procurement will not permit delay involved in such action. The protester, the low bidder under solicitation No. 10-74, protests the rejection of its bid thereunder, and the subsequent award of a contraqt by the Veterans Administration (VA) to another concern. The subject solicitation was issued as an invitation for bids (IFB) for consultant services to assist the VA in the design and development of a complex telecommunications system - 1

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