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oComptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Teleport Communications Group
File: B-277926.2
Date: September 17, 1998
Attila A. Tota for the protester.
Paula Coombs for Pacific Bell, an intervenor.
Eva Escalante, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency reasonably evaluated the protester's proposal for a network to meet certain
telecommunications requirements as proposing a network not dedicated to the
agency's exclusive use.
DECISION
Teleport Communications Group (TCG) protests the award of a contract to Pacific
Bell under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00244-97-R-5197, issued by the
Department of the Navy, for a network to meet the Navy's telecommunications
requirements for the San Diego, California metropolitan area. TCG protests the
evaluation of its proposal and selection of Pacific Bell's higher-priced proposal for
award.
We deny the protest.
The RFP, issued on July 11, 1997, provided for the award of a fixed-price indefinite
quantity contract for a 5-year performance period. The successful contractor under
the RFP will be required to provide a fully operational, heterogeneous transport
vehicle for all voice, video and data transmissions necessary for conducting Navy
business (plus any emergent Federal users) in the San Diego region. RFP
amendment No. 0005 at 2. The RFP added here that It]his includes . . . the
expansion of bandwidth at initial and expanded sites and the upgrade of technology
as needs evolve.1 Id. The RFP included a statement of objectives (SOO), which
1Bandwidth is defined in the RFP, annex B at 1, as:
The range of frequencies, expressed in hertz (Hz), that can pass over a given
transmission channel. The bandwidth determines the rate at which
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