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B-271469 1 (1996-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeen0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Interior Systems, Inc. File: B-271469 Date: July 23, 1996 Carol L. O'Riordan, Esq., and Vincent R. Brotski, Esq., Law Offices of Carol L. O'Riordan, for the protester. Marleen J. Phillips, Esq., and Eric A. Lile, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Robert C. Arsenoff, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly disclosed protester's proprietary information in a solicitation is denied where record shows that the information in question was developed by the government and, therefore, is not proprietary to the protester. DECISION Interior Systems, Inc., (ISI) protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00600-96-R-1427, issued by the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Department of the Navy, for consolidated mail sorting services. The principal allegation is that the issuance of the solicitation constituted an intentional improper disclosure of information which is proprietary to the protester. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND In 1994, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) became part of a government-wide Cooperative Administrative Support Unit (CASU) which was intended to provide administrative services to multiple agencies to avoid duplication of effort and achieve savings. USDA's CASU participation included efforts to implement a government-wide mail management initiative including a presorting program. ISI representatives met with various CASU officials, including representatives from USDA, from February 1995 through May 1995 concerning efforts to consolidate the presorting of mail among various governmental activities; ISI expressed interest in obtaining an 8(a) subcontract to establish and perform the government-wide program. 1016723

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