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B-178773(1) 1 (1973-12-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadtd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A A COMPTflOLL.-fl GKtNERAL. O THlE UNIThO ST'ATE t A. December 6, 1973 Crn tlomen Thin to in reply to your tolefax message of Hay 30, 1973, and subaequunt correspondence, protesting the award of a contract to ..rSptems,Incorporatad, by the Departwant of SheAx.-Eoce under request or propobala (RFP) No, F34601-73-R-7150, issued by the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area# Tinker Air Forco Base, Oklahoaa, Your protect is grounded on the Air Force's falure to include In the volicltntion and resulting contract provionons applying the Service Contract Act of 1965 to this procurement. You assert that the Air Foiven, by not including such provioions, did not comply with the requirements of that Act and that the contract cnwrded to H-Systen r is therefore illegal. The Air Force, on the other hand, denies that it violated the Service Contract Act in the handling oC this procurerent, a position in which it in supportod by counsel for E-Syutems The Dopartment of Labor (DOL), whose views we oolicited in connection with this matter, agrees with you and urges us to uphold your protest. For the reasons et forth belovs we arc of the opinion that the protest must be denied. Initially, we muset conoider the ansertionid of thi,. A.r Force and E-Systerna that the protest was untimely filed. The record shows that the aolicitation, culling for offeco to provide al.rcraft modi- fication and prorma'd depot maintenance worl, for the\Special Air zaoaion (SAN.) fleet baced at Arndrewn Air Force Base, Wa; issud on December 15, 1972. The RI' contained the standard Wels'-Iiaaley Public Contractv Act provision, but contained no provicion regarding the Senrvice Contract Act. Pro-,odls ivere submitted by Lockheed (which, according to the Air Forca, had been the solo-source and cnly contractor for the SA!! fleet 'sintonanca requiremmnts for more than 20 yearn prior to 1973), 1-Systems, and other otferors, and after a period of negotiation nd evaluation, a contract was awarded to 1.-Syster. on )lay 11, 1973. By lotter dared May 18, 1973, which you V~rutrzrl 'P/?'lFhw * L%' C0yi{co (if - .5 I-.' 400 t~ic~. S erv I c,- r C r - I ictt TPro Vscn~jlT& v &V. 9 do . ;, 4,':- .. ,A(.WAS1tINGTON, D.C. 0543 0-178773 (j) Lockheed Arcraft Service Company Ontario Internationni Airport C Post Office Box 33 C Ontario, California 91761 'IN Attentioi: Hr,. M. , Greene Vice President # <-Uj \

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