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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF ThE UNITED STATES
hr .r. 4WASHINGTOH4, D.C. 20543
D-l17400 November 28, 1973
Desqomp, Inc,
3 Fairwinds Shopping Center
Dear, Ielarare 19701
Attention Hr, Thomas L. Ruber
Secre tary-Treasurer
Gentlemen;
We refer to your letter of June 22, 1973, and prior
correspondu-nca, protestioRn against certain terms of request for
proposals (Q6r1) 17o, 3F]-.5-I-3473-4-12-73, isbuod by the Onneral
S6niccs bd.nLstraton, Oie of your objoction, to the F1 is
tht since the pronpective contractor required to pay a uniform
houly wago to all employees in a given class, the RFP should
be & rnded to pr,lde for paymaent on the basis oi the auab2r
of hours of lcbor expended regardless of product output.
Xn this regard, a mmnorandum dated April 23, 1973, included
with GSA's report to our Office dated Nay 29, 1973p uthtess
1 In essence, Descomp is contending that the solicitatton
should be based on the placement of a labor houc 'ontract,
or perhaps a time and materials contract, Under the
criteria of FPR 1-3,406-4 and 1-3.406-2, it is ivicated
that because a time and materials contract or a )%bor hour
conbract '@,,does not encourage effective cost cnatrol and
requires almost constant surveillance it may be used only
after determination that no other type of contract will
tui tably serve.'
IWe do not consider that the situation in question is
appropriate for the use of such type of contrect, on the
. other band, we do consider a contract based upon payment
per punchedtcard output is entirely appropriate,. In
addition, it in to be observed that it is the z:aidard
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