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B-295356 1 (2005-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Dynamic Access Systems File: B-295356 Date: February 8, 2005 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. Angela T. Puri, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest arguing that an agency overstates its needs by limiting competition to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) loan software packages that can be installed on agency computers is denied where the record shows that requiring COTS software reasonably reflects the agency's need for a reliable product with a low risk of unsuccessful performance. DECISION Dynamic Access Systems challenges the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. R-DEN-01965, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software package to replace HUD's current Loan Accounting System for Housing the Elderly and Handicapped (LASHE), and for implementation and follow-on maintenance services for the new software. Dynamic argues that the RFP unduly restricts competition in two ways--by requiring COTS software that can be installed on HUD computers, and by requiring that offerors must have implemented their COTS package for at least one U.S. Federal Government agency. RFP at 3. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND HUD's current loan accounting software used in support of its elderly and handicapped housing programs has been in place since 1993, is considered by the agency to be antiquated, and has been a continual source of problems for the agency

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