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B-158766 1 (1986-01-31)

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                     COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                             WASHINGTON D.C. m



B-158766                                    January 31, 1986




The Honorable George Bush                     j29o31
President of the Senate

Dear Mr. President:

     The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA), 31
U.S.C.A. S 3554(e)(2) (West Supp. 1985), provides that the
Comptroller General shall report to Congress each instance
in which a federal agency did not fully implement a recom-
mendation made by our Office in discharging our statutory
bid protest function during the prior fiscal year. This
report follows, along with a summary of our fiscal year (FY)
1985 bid protest activity, consisting of a narrative along
with enclosed charts.

                      Statutory Report


     In only two instances (5 percent of the CICA protests
sustained) did agencies not strictly comply with our recom-
mendations. Both cases were filed and decided shortly after
the CICA bid protest provisions became effective.

     In Sabreliner Corp., 64 Comp. Gen. 325 (1985), 85-1 CPD
if 280, we considered a procurement for the repair and
scheduled maintenance of a CT-39E aircraft. We sustained
the protest because we concluded that award had been based
on a nonresponsive bid, and we recommended that the Navy
terminate the contract and make award to the protester. The
Navy had not stopped work and, although the case was decided
within 45 calendar days under the express option provision
of CICA, 31 U.S.C.A. S 3554(a)(2), the Navy concluded that
termination would not be in the government's best interest
in view of the termination costs it would incur. (It should
be noted, however, that Sabreliner subsequently filed a
lawsuit to compel compliance with our decision and that the
suit was settled by payment to Sabreliner of $125,000.)


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