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B-219010,B-219010.2 1 (1985-08-22)

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                         THE COMPTROLLENR GENEAL
O   C1mION               OP THE UNITEO mTATES
                         WAGHINGTON. 0.C. 20548




FILE:   B-219010, B-219010.2  DATE: August 22, 1985

MATTER OF: Request for Decision by Administrative
                Office of the United States Courts;
                Alde Publishing
DIGEST:



1.   Agency can reasonably determine to make
     multiple awards where no single vendor of
     legal research services can fulfill all of
     agency requirements.

2.   Agency proposal to limit access to legal
     research systems based on price is not
     objectionable where it appears that competi-
     tors were all aavised prior to submitting
     proposals of agency's intent.

3. Claim of prejudice, based on assertion that
    courtesy copies of agency request to GAO for
    advance decision incident to procurement,
    provided to incumbent contractors named in
    request, gave recipients competitive advan-
    tage, is without merit where, within days,
    copies of request were provided publicly to
    all vendors at offerors conference, initial
    proposals were not required until 3 weeks
    later, and advance decision request contained
    no information essential to offer preparation
    not already provided to prospective offerors.

4. Protest that agency demonstrated prejudice
    during question and answer session at
    offerors conference is untimely under GAO
    Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. part 21
    (1985) because not filed within 10 working
    days of conference at which protester was
    present.

5. It is not GAO practice to conduct investiga-
    tions in conjunction with protests. Rather,
    burden is on protester to affirmatively prove
    its case.


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