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B-272336 1 (1996-09-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaeis0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Integrated Systems Group File: B-272336; B-272336.2 Date: September 27, 1996 Shelton H. Skolnick, Esq., Skolnick & Leishman, for the protester. Melissa K. Erny, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where agency permitted offeror to submit information to clarify an ambiguity in the price of its alternate offer and to make that alternate offer acceptable, the agency conducted discussions. Since discussions were conducted with one offeror, the agency should have conducted discussions with all offerors whose proposals were in the competitive range and permitted those offerors to submit best and final offers. DECISION Integrated Systems Group, Inc. (ISG) protests the award of a contract to Force Computers, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00163-95-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Navy for central processor units and right to use licenses. ISG argues that the Navy improperly opened discussions with Force Computers after initially awarding the contract to ISG. We sustain the protest. The solicitation sought proposals for a base quantity of 30 processors and licenses; offerors could propose specified units manufactured by Force Computers or Themis Computer, Inc. by inserting prices in the appropriate spaces in section B of the RFP. Offerors also were to submit prices for processors, licenses, and technical data for three option periods. Under the RFP, the first option could be exercised up to 365 days after award, the second option could be exercised up to 730 days after award, and the third option could be exercised up to 1,095 days after award. Although the RFP called for prices on 300 processors in each of the option periods, the solicitation limited the number of processors that could be ordered under the 5041017

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