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B-277385 1 (1997-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagcd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: International Data Systems, Inc. File: B-277385 Date: October 8, 1997 Al Barlas for the protester. Sherry Kaswell, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Katherine Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where agency permitted competitive range offerors to submit information to clarify ambiguities in their proposals and requested responses in the form of best and final offers (BAFO), the agency conducted discussions; these discussions were not meaningful where the agency failed to advise the protester of its concern regarding the protester's proposed noncompliant delivery schedule which, while it was readily correctable, provided the basis to reject the protester's BAFO as technically unacceptable. 2. Where the agency's needs regarding the type of processor that it required changed after receipt of proposals, the agency improperly failed to issue an amendment alerting offerors of the revised requirement and providing all offerors an opportunity to submit proposals based on the agency's actual requirement. DECISION International Data Systems, Inc. (IDS) protests the award of a contract to Applied Computer Technology (ACT) by the Department of the Interior under request for proposals (RFP) No. 143868-RFP97-12097. IDS primarily objects that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued a combined Commerce Business Daily synopsis and solicitation for personal computers which was published on March 21, 1997. The solicitation contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for 6 months. The RFP provided that award would be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal represented the best value to the government, taking into consideration price, conformance with technical specifications, and past

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