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B-275480.2 1 (1997-04-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafuq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller 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. I Matter of: International Data Products, Inc.; Commax Technologies, Inc. File: B-275480.2, B-275480.3, B-275480.4 Date: April 3, 1997 Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., Eric J. Marcotte, Esq., and Jason I. Hewitt, Esq., Winston & Strawn, for International Data Products, Inc.; and Laura K Kennedy, Esq., Grace Bateman, Esq., and G. Matthew Koehl, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, for Commax Technologies, Inc., the protesters. William M. Rosen, Esq., and Kendrick C. Fong, Esq., Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, for Government Technology Services, Inc.; Patrick 0' Keefe, Esq., Ian T. Graham, Esq., and Philip H. M. Beauregard, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, for Sysorex Information Systems, Inc., the intervenors. Vera Meza, Esq., Richard C. McGinnis, Esq., and Arthur E. Lees, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST An offeror's global or blanket certification of compliance with the specifications is insufficient to establish compliance where the agency has reason to question the characteristics of the products being offered. DECISION International Data Products, Inc. (IDP) and Commax Technologies, Inc. protest the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command's (AMC) award of contracts to Sysorex Information Systems, Inc. and Government Technology Services, Inc. (GTSI), under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAHC94-96-R-0003, for portable computer systems and related resources. The protesters primarily argue that the awardees' proposals failed to comply with various mandatory specification requirements. We deny the protests. The solicitation contemplated award of two firm, fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts, with a contract period of 2 years, for commercial off- the-shelf (COTS) portable computer systems, including generally a number of

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