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B-278343 1 (1998-01-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahoa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: COMARK Federal Systems File: B-278343; B-278343.2 Date: January 20, 1998 Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, for the protester. Keith L. Baker, Esq., and Jeffrey E. Weinstein, Esq., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, for Sytel, Inc., an intervenor. Kenneth E. Patton, Esq., and Ada E. Bosque, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Andrew T. Pogany, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Under request for quotations which asked vendors to identify a configuration of computer systems and related hardware and services on Federal Supply Schedule, where agency intended to conduct a technical evaluation and cost/technical trade-off, agency improperly failed to advise vendors of the basis for selection. DECISION COMA.RK Federal Systems protests the issuance of a delivery order to Sytel, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 0008, issued by the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, for computer desktop workstations. COMARK principally argues that the agency improperly failed to advise vendors of the agency's actual needs and evaluated quotations in a manner that was inconsistent with the solicitation. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND In June 1997, the agency announced that it would issue multiple blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) covering a variety of computer hardware, software, associated equipment and services pursuant to the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). The agency tentatively identified six vendors to receive for review BPA packages, which included, among other things, a sample personal computer specification, a document entitled BPA Evaluation Requirements Criteria, and the agency's terms and conditions for future delivery orders to be

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