About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-292674 1 (2003-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacymp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: TDS, Inc. File: B-292674 Date: November 12, 2003 William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Philip J. Davis, Esq., Phillip H. Harrington, Esq., Timothy W. Staley, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding, for the protester. Rafael A. Madan, Esq., John L. Pensinger, Esq., Linda Fallowfield, Esq., and Alan Fisher, Esq., Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that awardee's proposed subcontractor has an impermissible impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest by virtue of another contract with the agency, is denied where record fails to show that firm will be in a position to evaluate the performance or activities of the prime contractor as part of its responsibilities under that other contract. 2. Where agency personnel comment on, or raise substantive questions or concerns about, vendors' quotations or proposals in the course of an oral presentation, and either simultaneously or subsequently afford the vendors an opportunity to make revisions in light of the agency personnel's comments, questions, and concerns, discussions have occurred. 3. Protest that agency failed to engage in meaningful, equitable discussions is sustained where agency personnel, during course of at least one vendor's oral presentations, asked detailed, substantive questions relating to the vendor's quotation, yet agency failed to alert protester to any of the numerous weaknesses identified in its quotation. DECISION TDS, Inc. protests the issuance of a task order to Northrop Grumman Information Technology under request for quotations (RFQ) No. OJP-2003-Q-014, issued by the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), to acquire help desk operation services. TDS maintains that one of Northrop's subcontractors has an

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most