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B-205961.3 1 (1982-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjie0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ii ,~ B=,DL aJ .La Uli4 a.; -.aa , ia,-L . , .b, ..b , hl , ,1Ll.a. .1S.,L Vt n. ia a . LmsLIaa,,,4 W L I i . h . LIr, L h. a, 'AL4 . . 66 !MIQ L L hA - 2- . UNITED STATES GENERA!. ACCOUNTING OFFICE ASHINGTON, DC. ..20540 C[VICr OF GcrIUrAL COUnSrL B-20596193 August 3, 1982 The Honorable I?aul S.. Sarbnes._.. J'p Unlitc i ;tates tHenate Dear Senator Sarbanes: This responds to your July 7,. 1982 letter requesting our comments on a letter to you from SES, cIn, regarding a Federal Aviation Ad.ministration contract anO the Federal Gov6rnment's small buriness procurement practices. SES essentillJy raises two matteru, First, SES complains about Vhe F4A's rejection of Its prime con- tractor's proposal under solicitition DTPAO-81-R-15475. The proposal was rejected because the.FAA determined that it w.;as unacceptable ond could n(t readily be made acceptable without major revision, SES contends that a more objective approach should have been employed, evidently because SES believes that it can meet the 1AAIS needs despite the deficient proposal. Second, SES contends that notwithstanding solici- tation announcements in the Commerce Business Daily, small buriness sot-asides, and small business coordinators in Federal purchasing departments, the Government does little to foster the growth of non-rminority small business. We are not aware of the precise factual situation involved regarding SES's first point since, as the firm's letter notes, it withdrew the bid protest that it filed with our Office against the rejection of its prime's offer after the finm was debriefed by FAA officials. Irl this respect, we did not know until we roceived your letter that SES was only a prospective subcontractor; we generally restrict our bid protest forum to the prime contractor, since that is the party with the direct inter- est in the contract aard. As a general matter, however, a Procuring aency may exclude from thu competition1 belic considercci for the Contract award those firms who)se proposls pluffer from deficiencies that would crequiree majo- revisiols to correct. toc.ret p. ,,I

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