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B-182149 1 (1979-03-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjml0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548. B-182149 March 2, 1979 General Research Corporation Santa Barbara, California 93105 9 AT TN: Mr. William L. Sargeant Gover ment Contracts Counsel Dear Mr. Sargeant: This refers to the protest of Public Safety Systems, Inc. (PSSI), of tne award of a contract by the city of Los Angeles to the National Aeronautics and Space AdL-Linistra Lion pursuant to a grant received by the city from the Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. The contract in,.question was aarded on July 15, 1974. A response on tie issues raised by the protest has been withield for a ntuber of reasons, including a question as to the jurisdiction of the General Accounting Office to consider the matter and, most recently, because of the issue raised in the protest concerning the propriety of NASAI's participation in the mtter. in light of the tme that has elapsed since tne protest was originally filed in our Office, we xvould like to briefly advise you of our views on each of tne issues raised and to inform you concerning what future action we plan to take on the matter. We do not plan to reiterate the facts and circxrstances involved in thiis case, witha which you are quite familiar. One of the issues raised concerned an organizational conflict of interest question. The issue arose because of the involvement of the Jet Propulsion Iaoratory, an instmm'entality of NASA, in an earlier phase of the project undertaken by the city of Los Angeles. We believe ihat, in the context of procureamnt by a Federal grantee, the concept of fundamental fairness as reflected in regulations and cases involving direct Federal procurement, requires prior notice to a contractor that its acceptance of the first contract would bar it on grounds of organizational conflict of interest from competing for an ensuing contract. We cannot concur that the competitor in this case snould nave been precluded from participation in the proc eaent 00

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