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B-295463 1 (2005-02-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqug0001 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: MTB Group, Inc. File: B-295463 Date: February 23, 2005 J. Randolph MacPherson, Esq., Halloran & Sage, for the protester. Angela Puri, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that conducting procurement using reverse auction format is impermissible because vendors' prices will be disclosed during the auction is denied; agency is conducting reverse auction under simplified acquisition procedures, which encourage use of innovative procedures and do not expressly prohibit disclosure of vendors' prices in implementing such procedures, and disclosure is not prohibited under the procurement integrity provisions of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. DECISION MTB Group, Inc. protests that an online reverse auction (that is, an auction under which the lowest priced vendor will be issued a purchase order) being conducted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC), for housing inspection services, is improper because it requires the disclosure of vendors' prices during the auction. We deny the protest. HUD requires the rental housing units for which it is responsible to undergo annual physical inspections to ensure that they are fit for habitation. HUD is contracting for those services using an online reverse auction; indeed, HUD has issued a notice to potential participants indicating its intent to conduct reverse auctions for

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