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093272 1 (1972-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxct0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SO UUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE . WASHINGTON, D C 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC OCT 6 1972 DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Dear Mr Morley We nave completed a limited review of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) acquisitions of (1) a Univac computer system and (2) services for preparation of programs (software) for the new computer, other than the programs to be prepared in-house The computer system procurement process began in September 1969 and culminated in February 1970 when contract H-1230 in the amount of $2.8 million was awarded to the Sperry Rand Corporation Acceptance of the computer system and final payment was made in January 1971 The software procurement process which we reviewed began in January 1969 and culminated in the award of two contracts totalling $1 4 million to Informatics Incorporated in April 1969 and June 1970 In connection with the procurement of the computer system and software services, we reviewed the requests for proposals (RFP), vendors' proposals, Proposal Evaluation Board's minutes, memorandums exchanged by HUD ard vendors, and evaluation reports We also interviewed individual board members- In procuring the computer system, HUD did not require the selected vendor to comply with one of the specifications in the RFP This speci- fication is stated in two sections of the RFP as follows Benchmark demonstrations will be performed on the configuration proposed by the vendor and at a time and place mutually agreeable to HUD and the vendor As indicated earlier, vendors will be required to demonstrate the system performance of their proposed computer systems by pre- senting a live test demonstration to a HUD evaluation team The importance that HUD attached to the foregoing specification is evidenced by HUD's refusal to permit one prospective proposer to demon- strate the operation of his computer system on one equipment configuration and list another configuration in his proposal O 9 3 ca 72.

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