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PLRD-83-67 1 (1983-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmza0001 and id is 1 raw text is: M, JNJtT mSATEsG6 RALL ACCOLJINTIN!G QFFICE WASINGON, DIQ :20548- PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS. RELEASED AND READINESS DIVISION APRIL 27, 1983 B-211177 The Honorable Lawton Chiles United States Senate The Honorable Don Fuqua 121400 House of Representatives Subject: 'The Navy's Award of a Contract for Appraisal Services,(GAO/PLRD-83-67) In response to your requests, we reviewed the contract awarded by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Southern Division, Charleston, South Carolina, for appraisal services by a professional forester. Our review confirmed that your constituent had requested and been refused an opportunity to submit a proposal as stated in his letter to you. The refusal was based on the fact that NAVFAC used a modified rotating bidders' list system to select contractors to be solicited and would not provide a solicitation to other than those originally solicited. Further, NAVFAC officials stated that your constituent had received an earlier contract for similar services, and NAVFAC's policy is to spread work among qualified appraisers. To assess the procedures followed in the award of this con- tract, we examined documents in the contract file and discussed the contracting process with a representative of NAVFAC. We also reviewed sections of the NAVFAC real estate manual. We used the Defense Acquisition Regulation (DAR) and previously issued Comp- troller General decisions to evaluate the information obtained. We made the review in accordance with generally accepted govern- ment audit standards. The Comptroller General has ruled in three decisions (B-182858 of Apr. 22, 1975; B-186425 of July 26, 1976; and B-198360 of Dec. 9, 1980) that using rotating lists of potential bidders is proper if the agency strictly adheres to the requirement of placing a synopsis of all (with certain exceptions) proposed procurements over $10,000 in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). The CBD provides potential offerors or bidders an opportunity to learn of proposed procurements and request copies of the solicitations. These decisions also held that procuring agencies * * * must provide a copy of the solicitation to potential offerors, upon request, and procuring agencies must consider proposals submitted by all offerors on the prequalified lists. (942228)

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