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FILE: 3-186855 DATE: JampanY 3, 197
MATTER COF: Sanders Asmociates, Inc.
DIGEBT:
RIP for ADPE for lease with purchas'n. tien
contains specifications requiring 1- .rcharsge-
ability of equipment beyond that approved by
GSA it delegation of procurement authority.
Since GSA review of protested specifications
indicates that present specifications would
not have been approved as unduly restrictive
of competition, recourandatio- made that
solicitation be resubmitted to GSA for approval
before proceeding with procurement.
Sanders Associates,.Inc. (Sanders), protests that the specifi-
cations in request for proposals (RFP) DAABO9-76-R-0016, for lease
with option to purcbase International Business Machine (IBM) automated
data processing equipmuent (ADPE) or equal, unduly restrict competition.
ThIs allegation is pramised on the U.S. Army Electronics Command (ECOM)
refusal to dalate the requirementa in Section E, paragraph 3.b(14)
and paragraph 3.c(4), 'of the RFP which require that both the cathode
ray tube (CRT) and the printer:
[Must operate on both existing IBl( 3271/3272
Controllers and IBM 3271/3272 Compatible Controllers
offered in response to this RFP.
Additionally, paragraph 3.d requires that [E]xisting IBM 3277 CRT's
and printers must operate with selected &ontroller. Sanders maintains
these specifications impose requirements that are not generally
available in the marketplace, except from IBM. As such, they are
alleged to be unduly restrictive of competition.
Sanders also seeks disclosure from ECOM of the number of
Government-owned devices to which attachments mus. be made, to permit
Sanders to formulate a possible exchange/sale. Also, Sanders qustions
the method by which these devices were procured.
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