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B-195014 1 (1979-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadulu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE.COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION- 0 F ,,T-H-E UNITED STATES WA S H IN G T . N C. 20548- ,NI T 708 FILE: B-195014 OATE:. October 26, 1979 MATTER OF: PSI-TRAN Corporation DIGEST: In negotiating small purchase, contracting officer has broad discretion to determine manner of obtaining quotations. Protester's complaint that evaluation of its offer did not correspond to evaluation criteria-and required labor categories is not for con- sideration unless protester was intention- ally misled by contracting officials or use of oral solicitation was improper. PSI-TRAN .Corporation protests the award of a data processing support contract (PO 931-526-434-FRA), by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation, to Chesapeake Computer Consultants, Inc. (Chesapeake). PSI-TRAN contends that the contract should be recompeted because it was incorrectly informed of the evaluation criteria for award and of the labor categories required to perform the work. For the reasons that follow, PSI-TRAN's protest is denied. This procurement was negotiated as a small purchase under Federal Procurement Regulations (FPR) subpart 1-3.6(1964 ed. ), as amended. The procurement was con- ducted orally, although a written statement of work was provided. PSI-TRAN says that it was told that selection would be based totally on labor rates submitted for the work, because each offeror was considered technically accept- able. However, PSI-TRAN complains the technical content of the proposals was examined during the selection pro- cess. The protester also contends that it was led to believe that only two labor rates were requested -- one rate for the programming requirement and one rate for the data entry function. .... ... .~ 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . , .

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