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B-198782 1 (1981-02-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjdc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: %. THE-COMPTROLLER GENERAL oECISIoN K(22 AK OF THE UNITED BTATEB WASHINGTON, 0,.C. 20548 FILE: B-198782 DATE: February 19, 1981 MATTER OF: United Computing Systems, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Prior decision is affirmed because protester has not shown any errors of fact or law in conclusions that (1) agency's basis for its current resource utilization estimate was not shown to be unreasonable and (2) agency's plan to revise RFP to reflect revised estimate was proper. 2. Agency's oral advice to offerors prior to benchmark concernina which trans- actions were to be measured in bench- mark test constituted adequate notice of what agency's requirements were. 3. Protest against alleged defects in benchmark structure is untimely under 4 C.F.R. § 20.2(b)(2) (1980) where pro- tester learned of basis of protest at first benchmark test but failed to file protest until after second benchmark, which was more than 10 working days after basis of protest was first known. 4. Agency's action in requiring offeror to rerun two portions of benchmark test, in requiring offeror to make routine format change prior to rerun of portion of benchmark test, and in not providing offeror third opportunity to successfully complete benchmark test was reasonable and proper in view of RFP's express requirements, time and expense of tests, and no showing of sionificant equipment failure.

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