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B-191003 1 (1979-01-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgug0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4.0j'LER THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES WAS H INGTO N , O.C. 20548 FILE: B-191003 DATE: January 9, 1979 MATTER OF: The Department of the Army, ERequest for Modification of GAO Recommendation DIGEST: Contract for lease with option to purchase dictating and transcribing equipment was not made to low offeror and solicitation contained significant defects. Recommendation that contract be terminated for convenience is affirmed where record suggests that installation of new system after resolicitation will result only in minor, short-term administrative inconvenience to using activity and proper method to determine least cost to Government is competition. Even though implementation of recommendation may result in some adverse effects and increased costs, it is necessary to preserve integrity of competitive procurement s s The e e Army (Army) request modifi- cation of our recommendation set forth in the matter of National Office Equipment Company, B-119Q3, June 6, A 1978, 78-1 CPD 413. --- The pertinent facts in that case follow. The United States Army Training Center and Fort Dix issued a request for quotations (RFQ) soliciting otters on a brand name or equal basis for a 3-year lease of dictating and transcribing equipment (D/T equipment). Among other things, the offers were evaluated on the basis of an option to purchase the leased equipment at the end of the lease term. The equipment was to be installed at the Walson Army Hospital (WAH). The contracting officer determined that Dictaphone was the low offeror and awarded it the contract. National Office Equipment Company questioned the manner in which the Buy American Act differential was applied to the price of the equipment in a protest here. After re- evaluation of the offers, the Army found that Dictaphone was not the low offeror; and, consequent2y, the award to Dictaphone was improper.

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