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B-190663 1 (1978-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfyz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MECOMWiDPTRCLLER OENU;AL DECIIO ..' Li' TME UNITED UTATES WABMING TON. D.C. 20S4R FILE: B-190663 DAE: Auril 26, 1978 M1ATTER OF: Tymshare, Inc. 1. Agency's conducting informal competition whereby order for data base development was to be placed under one of two vendors' basic ordering agreements--where no adequate written solicitation was issued--was procedure at variance with fundamental principles of Federal negotiated procurement, and also raises question of improper prequalifi.;ation of offerors. GAO recommends that agency review its procedures for issuing such orders and conduct any further competition in manner not inconsistent with decisicn. Case is also called to attention of General Services Admin- istration for possible revision of Federal Procurement Regulations. 2. Where GAO finds that agency's negotiated pro- cu-tement procedure was fundamentally deficient-- no adequate written wolicittion issued--and recommends that agency revi-w procedures before conducting any further compEtition, issues con- cerning propriety and results of benchmark tests under deficient procurement procedure are academic. Tymshare, Inc., has protested to our Office concerning the refusal of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA to award it an order under its basic ordering agreement (BOA) No. DOT-OS-50255. Background The record indicates that oureuant to orders issued under its BOA No. DOT-:-50 52, Boeing Computer Services Company (Boeing) nas been per- forming what is described as data base development and analysis for FAA. The work aparently involves consolidating certain PAA data requireme.ts through the use of a data base management 'yStem s;oftware pI

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