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B-146872 1 (1973-07-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaehf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Or b e relgased outside COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES A LdA.1 ~.~ WASHINGTON. D.C. 2WM4 RELEASED B-146872 JUL 24 1973 The Honorable Edwin B. Forsythe House of Representatives Dear Mr. Forsythe: This is in reply to your request of March 15, 1973, relating to the complaint from Comdata Systems, Inc., about thee ent of telecommunications equipment; Comdata said the Navy was incurring u;,iecessary costs dy (evel oping display-editor consoles which Comdata had already perfected. These consoles, to be added to the airborne teletypewriter systems carried in P-3A and P-3B aircraft, are capable of preparing, editing, and storing a full page of text before trans- mitting it by the teletypewriters. Our analysis of the latest pricing data available at the time of contract award indicated that the RgIy1surce selection for the con- could not establish that Comdata possessed, at the time the Navy chose a source for display-editor consoles, a perfected prototype of the console called for in the applicable Navy specification. Presently the Naval Avionics Facility (NAFI), Indianapolis, Indiana, is developing, testing, and manufacturing 31 display-editor consoles. The Lockheed-California Company, Burbank, California, is manufacturing retrofit kits for use in installing the consoles and is providing limited logistical support for these items. The consoles will be installed at Naval Air Rework Facilities during routine aircraft maintenance. BACKGROUND In 1966 the Navy awarded a contract to the Sperry Rand Corporation for the design, development, and fabrication of three complete teletype- writer systems. Each system consisted of a display-editor console, a keyboard, and a printer. These devices were intended to be significant improvements over the keyboard and printer then used in the P-3 aircraft. Sperry delivered these three systems to the Navy in late 1968. Comdata was formed in 1968 by former Sperry engineers who had been responsible for designing and developing the three systems. In June 1969 the Navy contracted with Comdata to maintain, service, and update the three systems built by Sperry. This contract was renewed annually and ended in June 1972. During that period Comdata developed, with its own funds, a model system which, in its opinion, was superior to the systems Sperry produced. We could not examine that model, because it was destroyed on March 15, 1973, during an explosion and fire at Comdata's plant. *j4~~~ 4.....0dr6

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