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B-153751 1 (1976-10-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadefg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9 TH r THE cOsMPTRULLVF GL1EF4AL DECI1\IIN *.F: : r UNIT am STATES . WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054 C)l FILE: B-153751 DATE: October I, 19(6 MATTER OF: Blodgett Keypunching Company DIGEST: 1. A contract for convernion and storage of data to machine (computer) readable form is not manufac- tucing for the purpose of the Buy Americtn Act. 2. Computer tape, initially processed abroad, and fur- ther processed in United States is not a manufactured end product for .purposes of Buy American Act, This is a bid protest by Blodgett Keypunching Company relative to the application of the Buy American 4ct, 41 U. , C, 1Oa-d (1970), to a procurement by the Department of the Air Force for processing computer tapes in support of the LITE (Legal Information Through Electronics) Project. We note that since this procurement vas initiated, the Air Force now refers, to thin program as Federal Legal Information Through Electronics, or FLITE. The questions for our determination are whether the Act is applicable to this pron curement and, if so, whether the delivered product, processed tape, is' of domestic origin for purposes of the Act. This protest arises because of the contract award by the Air Force to the low bidder without applying the Buy American evalua- tion factor. The Air Force takes the position that the Act is not applicable to this LITE Program data processing procurement because the procurement is one for services, that is, the conver- sion of existing data, rather than one for supplies. Alternatively, the Air Force contends that the delivered tapes are domestic end items even if they are evaluatedpursuant to the Act. . * The contractor, International Computer Iesources, Inc., agreed to deliver procensod error-freel' output magnetic tape to the Ar Force. Information is provided by the LITE Project. in tle form of printed decisions of various judicial and administra- tive Zorums and ultimately is encoded or processed on to computer tape. The contractor has developed a detailed set of procedures and instructions for processing the information, and has provided the instructions and tapes to a Korean facility for processing. * . ..l1.

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