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B-195966.2 1 (1980-10-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiqp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION j. OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054S FILE: B-195966. 2 DATE: October 28, 1980 MATTER OF: Las Vegas Communications, Inc. -- Reconsideration DIGEST: Prior decision sustaining protest on grounds agency failed to comply with FPR requirement to negotiate procure- ments on competitive basis to maximum extent practical because it did not attempt to ascertain existence of alternate sources is affirmed since agency in its request for reconsid- eration has not shown that prior decision is factually or legally erroneous. The Veterans Administration (VA) has requested reconsideration of our decision, Las Vegas Communi- cations, Inc., B-195966, July 22, 1980, 80-2 CPD 57. In that decision, we found that the sole-source award for lease of a telephone system for an out- patient clinic to the Central Telephone Company (Central) was improper because VA justified the sole-source award on the basis that there was insuf- ficient time to conduct a competitive procurement while the record indicated the agency made no effort to determine the exi-stence of other sources and the protester stated it could perform within the agency's required time frame. VA argues that our decision is erroneous as it is based on facts not fully presented or misunderstood. VA implies that since we set forth Las Vegas Com- munications, Inc.'s (LVCI) version of the facts as well as VA's version, the protester's view was accepted and formed the basis of our decision. The decision, however, clearly indicates that a resolution of the conflicting factual presentations was unnecessary because the infor- mation submitted by VA showed that no reasonable effort A e- ue44_

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