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B-175896 1 (1972-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 01360 0/ COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 10548 JUL V 1972 LM096485 ( Dear Senator Tower: On April 28, 1972, you referred to us a letter from Mr. A. A. Martin, president of Marcon Industries, Inc., and h requested that we review contract bids submitted by Marcon Industries in cometition for three Federal contracts. Mr. Martin charged that there were _questionable circumstances concerning the evaluation of the proposals, the manner in w i c the specifcations. ere written, and the award of the contracts. Mr. Martin charged also that the actual procure- ments and the advertisement for such procurements were not compatible. We reviewed the manner and rationale used by the three Government agencies for evaluating and awarding the contracts. We also reviewed records and documents and discussed the awards with agency officials. It appears that each of the three Federal agencies involved issued a request for proposal (RFP) in an appropriate manner, provided prospective offerors with an equal opportunity to prepare and submit proposals, carefully considered and analyzed proposals received, and thereafter awarded the contract to the lowest acceptable of- feror. The following information has been developed on Marcon Industries' unsuccessful offers for three contracts issued respectively by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education (OE); the Department of Labor; and the Department of Transportation. OFFICE OF EDUCATION On October 5, 1971, OE advertised an RFP for a reader- ship survey for American Education, the official magazine of OE. The purpose of the survey was to identify users of the magazine and potential demand and to examine various ap- proaches to expanding paid subscriptions. Proposals were submitted by 26 firms. An 11-member review team consisting of members from OE's Office of Public Affairs and members of the American Education

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