About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-190706 1 (1978-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgfr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MWTHE COMPTROLLER GEN*RL DECISION OF THME UNITEC STATUE WAGrIINOTON. Q.C. 20546 FIL.E: 0-190706 DATE: July 21, 1978 MAATTER OF: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon DIQEST: Although grantor agency believes grantee awarded contract to nonresponsive bidder, in violazion of terms of grant, GAO would not object to funding of grant since it appears that problem resulted from ambi- guous specifications which were imposed on grantee by grantor agency and since it appears grantee acted in good faith in awarding contreact. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), Department of Transportation requeists a decision regarding the propriety of its funding, pursuant to a capital facilities grant under section 3 of the Urban Mass trrnsportation Act, 49 U.S.C. f 1602 (1970 and Supp. V 1975), for purchase of mobile radios by the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Cregon (Tri-Met), which prnvides mass transportation service in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. The request arises out of a dispute between UMTA and Tri-Met as to whether UNTA-approved specifications in a solicitation issued by Tri-Met require mobile radio equipment to have tone coded sqaelch (TCS). Tri-Met, taking the position that TCS is not required, awarded a contract to Motorola Communications & Electronics, Inc. (Motorola), which, althouga the low bidder at $262,879, did not offer the TCS feature. UNTA, after reviewing a complaint of the General Electric Company (G.E.), the next low bidder at $269,225, determined that TCS was required, that the Motorola bid thecefore was nonresponsive, and that it would be .inappropriate for UMTA to participate in the procure- merit in light of the award to a nonrasponsive bidder I I I

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most