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B-192800 1 (1979-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgvw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES 4Z WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: DATE: January 25, 1979 B-192800 MATTER OF: Opportunity Systems, Inc., and DBS Corporation DIGEST: 1. Allegation that awardee did not propose 100- percentkey verification of survey data as required by RFP is found to be without merit where technical evaluators initially had same concern as protester but, following written and oral discussions, were satisfied of com- pliance with RFP. Moreover, awardee's lower proposed labor hours has rational basis because of more efficient method of data entry. Also, where proposal takes no exception to providing all software to Government, protest that documen- tation for data entry is not being offered is denied. 2. Where record reflects procuring activity advised both protester and awardee during negotiations that data entry did not.have to be performed at Government facility, protest that offerors did not compete on equal basis is denied. Opportunity Systems, Inc. (OSI), and DBS Corpora- tion, OSI's proposed subcontractor, have protested the I, award of a contract by Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Killalea Associates, Incorporated (Killalea), under request fc Cproposals (RFP) No. RFP-79- 78-HEW-OS. The RFP is for conducting an analysis of the 1978 elementary and secondary school civil rights survey. Basically, the contract requires a mail survey of school systems throughout the UJnited States and collecting, processing and analyzing the data received. Four proposals were received in response to the RFP and only the proposals of OSI and Killalea were found to be technically acceptable. Following written and oral discussions, OSI received a technical rating of PFq&jrjSt C 0o +aC 15f1 (~Z~

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