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B-206486 1 (1982-06-15)

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   FILE;f B-206486                DATE; June 15, 1982

   MATTER OF:     General Motors Corporation


   DIGESTi
        SolicitatJon for buses which includes
        performance and maintenance require-
        ments and specifies certain components
        and features adequately considers
        life-cycle cost, performance and
        standardization within meaning of
        Department of Transportation fiscal
        year 1981 appropriations act.

     General Motors Corporation (GM) complains that
invitation for bids No. PA-03-0107/PA-05-0029, issued
by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Penn
DOT) under a grantt from the Urban Mass Transit Admini-
stration (UMTA) failed to include evaluation criteria
regarding performance, standardization, and life-cycle
costs as required by three statutes.

     We deny the complaint.

     Penn DOT is procuring 1,000 advance design buses
(ADD) to be delivered over 3 years for 16 different
UMTA grantees. Planning the procurement has taken more
than 2 years. The project will be carried out in
three phases using funds appropriated in fiscal years
1981, 1982 and 1983, under a multi-year phased funding
grant agreement.  The first phase of the pr(ject beg&n
on June 22, 1981, using fiscal year 1981 grant funds.
The solicitation was issued on November 20, 1981, with
specifications based on the federally required specifica-
tions for ADB's, known as the White Book. On Decem-
ber 15, 1981, the fiscal year 1982 portion of the
grant was approved, obligating funds under a continuing
recolution.

     GM argues that the solicitation does not include
evaluation criteria that properly consider performance,
standardization, and life-cycle costs, as required by
section 12(b)(2) 'of the Urban Mass Transportation Act

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