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B-195614 1 (1980-02-08)

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               0       4. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
               *        .OF   THE   U NITED   STATES
                          WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548



 FILE:      B-195614           DATE:  February 8, 1980

 MATTER  OF:    Sieco, Inc.


 DIGEST:

     Grantee's solicitation requiring all
     responding architectural and engineer-
     ing (A/E) professional services firms
     to furnish cost and pricing data, to
     be considered along with statement of
     qualifications in selection of A/E
     firm, is not shown to be contrary to
     terms of OMB Circular A-102, Attach-
     ment 0, or Ohio law.  A/E procurement
     procedures in 40 U.S.C. 541 (Brooks
     Bill), mandatory for Federal procure-
     ments for A/E services, are not per
     se applicable to grantee procurements.


     This is a complaint by ieco,  Inc. (Sieco) con-
cerning thearopriety  of tlh-procedures used for the
procurement 6f architectural aind qngineering (F,4-e
pervices under Request for Proposal (RFP) A-78-WFS
iEssued by the Licking County Regional Plannina Com-
mission, a grantee under Community Development Block
Grant B-78-DN-39-0259 awarded by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  ,qCeD03

     Sieco complains that the grantee failed to comply
with applicable Federal statutes and regulations for
obtaining A/E professional services as required by
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-102,
Attachment 0.  Sieco alleges that section 1l.c.(5) of
Attachment 0 prescribes that selection of A/E pro-
fessional services by competitive negotiation shall
be by the two-step method provided in the Brooks Bill,

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