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B-191218 1 (1978-05-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgby0001 and id is 1 raw text is: (~' .3 %.THE COMPTROLLER GEER DECISION.;.J.' OF THE UNITED STATES r4' b.WASH-4INGTDN . 0D. C. 20D5 El FILE: B-191218 DATE: May 25, 1978 MATTER OF: Sam L. Huddleston & Associates, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Discussions required to be conducted by agen:y with three of most qualified firms in course of procurement of professional A-E services are part of statutory and regulatory piocedures prescribing competitive selection process. It is fundamental to competitive A-E selection process that firms be afforded opportunity to compete on equal basis. 2. Where one of three corpeting A-E firms had possession and knowledge of Master Plan con- taining basic design concepts for development of cemetery to which agency intended selected A-E firm's design to conform, failure of agency to inform other two firms of existence of Master Plan prior to discussions resulted in unfair competitive advantage to firm posses- sing Master Plan. Sam L. Huddleston & Associates, Inc. (Huddleston), protests the proposed award by the Office of Construc- tion, Veterans Administration (VA), of an architectural and engineering (A-E) contract to the joint venture of Gerald F. Kessler & Associates, Inc. and Arthur H. Bush & Associates, Architects (Kessler), for project No. 789-888007 and project No. 789-888008, Fort Logan National Cemetery, Fort Loaan, Colorado. The procedure for the Government's procurement of A-E services is prescribed by the Brooks Bill, 40 U.S.C. S 541 et seg. (Supp. V, 1975). Section 542 of that act states as follows:

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