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B-192588 1 (1979-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgwb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /<§ .THEr CQMPTROLLERGNER /E- E 1- I CA THE UFNIE SETATES A-: V\'/ ASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-192588 DATE: January 25, 1979 MATTER OF: Amdahl Corporation--Reconsi.deratio.n OGEST: Request for reconsideration is untimely where initial filing lacks detailed statement of factual. and legal grounds for reversal or modification of original decision and sup- plemental statement containing details are filed after expiration of period provided for requesting reconsideration. Amdahl Corporation (Amdahl) requests reconsidera- tion of our decision B-192588, December 15, 1978, 78-2 CPD 417. In that decision, we denied Amdahl's protest that provisions in a Department of the Air Force Request for Proposal (RFP) gave the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) an unfair competitive ad- vantage. The 3REP allowed the Air Force to evaluate pur- chase option credits available under a lease previously awarded to IB11 on a sole source basis and to evaluate Special Purchase Option Credits'accrued under the General Services Administration FY78 Automatic Data Processing Schedule contract negotiated with IBM. The decision concluded that consideration of the purchase option credits did not confer an unfair competitive advantage on IBM and that evaluation of the special purchase option credits allocated to the Air Force for the specific procurement involved to determine the lowest cost source was not improper in the absence of allegations and evidence of any actual abuse. Amdahl filed its request for reconsideration on January 4, 1979. The request stated generally that four of the conclusions reached in our earlier decision were based on mistakes of law and fact. Amdahl's request contained no statements of fact or law in support of its contentions that modification of our earlier decision was warranted; however it indicated that supplemental

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