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COMPTROLLER GENEAL or THE UNITED STATeS
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Onamlaat'lns SGatell-te Co.poration
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Attutton Mr.aviid C oAcheson
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Deference Is de to your letter of March 5o 1973, and prior
eorreapondencep protesting egtatnt the avard ot a contract to Harrie-
Intortype Corjnration, Itantitim Division, under request for proposal
(NW!)) Jj DAAOnB773ROO1 issued, by the United ttes Art flcctrcnia
Cuind, Fort IcoutM, e' Jorsey.
Thi fP solicited p-oara]In it a ixed-prlce -.incentive boxis for
the fabrication of one Satellite o nications Eczmtits tation in accord-
eoe vith United States Anrwmyatellite ftomfations Lency (riATeo)
technical requirewnt LJCA-.21.0 dated Juno 1, 1972, rcceatr parta, tools
and teat equipoent, 36 mmths of ansite operation nd zmaintenence, and
catr-tct data items.
Seetion * of the faOP, um.vvised by wumdment No. ., sets forth
an &vatio end award criteria that bezed the contrect avar on the
best ovemll proposau lwith a proy.riato consileration given to (1) Tech*
ideal Pzcposa±, (2) Put Per'orfmwac (3) :a.iagretnta, sd (4) Coot=A
ot ealim., in that order 01' 1. niprance. (,r1'rors vere advised that
of thene fouro factora the 1,cbnLct4i1 Propoaal wan the most importmt and
bore a &eater eight than afl the ther factors cg ibined.
Setion D, part, vtof the W?, v iatended, warned the proposer
that he ls ireponible for Inoludin sufficient detaiLs (without rotery
@aoe to eot) to perIt a coplete aud acurute evaluation of the prcVo3L
stretlyfrom a technical atandpcint. Add~taiuJ noti.ications an to the
ldre at fir the proposas tocontain detailed and trplete inforoatioa
wre presented In sections D.5;A, D.5b, DAb(l)s D.5c enct .5d of the 2P,
a mendid. sAlo, sentian D.3 or tan 170, aarmnded, cautioned the pro-a
voaer that 'parrotin of the' MT vordA, with a statemeat of intent to
perform, does not reveal tb e bidder'suvmdenttanding of the probclm or Ida
epbility to oain It.
Thr prowsla wr rectvd by auat 21,, 1972, the clonin date
t reclpt of prponsli, and ealuatod by WTCf. The evaluation
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