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COMPTROLLER GEiERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20141
lay 17t 1973
Covir-ton and Burl]ing
888 Sixteenth Street, Wo
VasiLington, D.Co P.0006
Attentiont Alexander W. Mckiaeo Xquihe
This in In response to y-aur protent ou behalf of Sanders
Associates concerning the World Wide Military Command and Control
Gyatum (V4=, 3) contract (03*-003-O8323) itaich wfas aiarded to
Honeywell Snformatton Gystemso Incorporated (MI), on Oatober 15p
1971s by the General Servicee Administration under request for
proposals F-19W28-71%,.R-003# The contract ic for the acquisition
oftUP to 35 computhr oyatem to ba used in the syntem,
Rosponcibility for administration of the Vr492TOO contract van
,,- transferred trj GSA to the Air Force on October 19, 1971
snntially yourprotest concerns the acceptano by the
Air Force under the contiuct of termirml, equipment different from
that initially proposed by the contiac+sr Cnd which you contend
it wan bound by tyhe contrct to urAniat In this connection you
conte to5cphat8 yfilure to funish certain Sander equipment
proposed and demo rated ais required by t e RP violates not only
thesubeet contract but alAo an areemntobetween Sanders and 1
FUrthermore youtn rate that I was perm'tted to deliverand/or
insttallthepubotituted eqiment prior t-, the inaanc of a cohan
orft aPersttn suoh ubatitutior and that the ubctituted quip
montedoh not hav the ame capabilities athe Sander equipments
The ad dpecification arequired that prospective vendors pro
pue hconfiguratonu hicat wouldsatiefy a particular oryaoad
l tvel and hich could process an appropItobenchmarkroble ith n
certain time constraints. Under the Mantatory flequiremonte section
of the I'P, it was otated that: Only the equi,'qnt and coftware
proposed in responae to this LWP will be employed at the Live Test
Demontrution, unless otherwise stated. it also specified that At
the time of proposal submission the Lystem prrposed must consist of
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