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.A p COMPTROLLER GEUERAL Or THE UNITED STATES
WASHMfrfTOI4,D.C.Z0548
R4I78309 June 5, 1973
Zncodor Roceanch & M-velopment Corpo'ration
151 O-cond Ctreet
)1untLigton Station, feow York iYI16
Attention: r. J n 1 ,Speller
Oentlemen:S
We r, er tio your otter to the Detenso ipp y Ageney dtted
ovomb er 3 1972# and u6vbeoent corropondoncu,0CproteOt. r,,11list
th,( rejeotion of yor- oteff undr O C DFA90-73-R-0932 (rM? -WX2)
issued by the Defene f lee ronlen &apply Conter (DE0), Dayton, C o.
The inotant prourerent vas for the mpply of high-cpec4 rotnr,
swtche5 u el in the L11 12 inertial nariucation computer haft aEcsi)1by
of F-4 aircraft. Althowzh the item in aosi1ped to DECO for p u'ronr-
mrcnt, eslslt cring o ujoz't iopro'%,I dod by a dctcz~went of the Air Tor-e
logiotiuo Coz, d &acrennto Air ateriel Area (Alto azU-0 4 W)
We believe the record establishes that 1hen RFP -099 was ircueul
on &ptemaer 5, 1972, Colloctron Corporation and Poly- cientific Divi
&ion of Litton Inluctrieo were the only approved eoureen for the item.
]fowever, Encoder ws aloo solicited and submitted an offer, acCoTrpWAC.&
by a technical proposal, for an cltornate item ifdch it vtated net t1r
requirements of the applicable speeitication, which wai a drawing pro-
prictary to Litton. Uwtit prices offered on the quentity of 1,039
procured couparcd at fof3creu
'Unit Prico
Coflectron Corp. $ 38.35
Poly.-Scientifio 38.69
Encoder 507.00
Although Encoder's price was more than 13 times that of the
other two offerorn, DESC mnimitted Enoder's technical propoal to
AFW W!aA . . for evaluation. The latter subsequently advioed the
contracting officer that the item which Entodor proposed to nupply,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaadcn0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)