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B-166506 1 (1974-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcck0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -~H C2= '\LER GENERAL DECISID il a1 DF THE UN ITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-166506 DATE: July 26, 1974 MATTER OF:1 Environmental Protection Agency sole-source procurements. DIGEST: Factors used to justify sole-source procurement of public education and information programs such as: non- profit organization's makeup;, fact that organization would utilize volunteers in performance; organization's rapnort and understanding of State and local Government, key memberships, respected position, community support and coalition approach do not represent proper justifi- cation for noncompetitive procurements irrespective of fact that nonDrofit organi- zation could quote lower price since statutes require full and free competitive consistent with what is being procured. This decision relates to our Office's review of certain wards made under the Transportation Control Plan Public Affairs Program '&f the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The solicitation in question all involve procurement of similar services and will, therefore, be discussed as a whole rather than individually. The services desired were public education and infor- mational programs dealing with transportation control strategies needed to achieve ambient air standards in 38 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. In all the questioned procure- ment, awards were made on a noncompetitive negotiated basis. Each of the awards, save one, was justified on the basis that the services would be performed by nonprofit, tax exempt, volunteer citizens organizations, each having an objective to work for clean air through education. It was determined that the organizations selected were the ideal cross section of the communities involved to publicize the clean air educational program. Moreover, these organizations were selected because the majority of their efforts were to be performed on a volunteer basis by community leaders, university personnel, civil servants, state legislators, businessmen - 1 -

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