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IMTEC-85-7 1 (1985-04-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnra0001 and id is 1 raw text is: D CI CF STRICTED- Not to be released outside the General I~ LLL O~~ounthg ,C~Tce except on the bas of spzwmc Wpirovai by the Office of Congressional Relations. f~ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 f r April 10, 1985 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION B-21 7877 HfuhlI 126895 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of Two Proposed Automatic Data Processing Procurements by the Social Security Administration (IMTEC-85-7) In discussions with your office on December 14, 19, and 21, 1984, we were asked to quickly evaluate two proposed Social Secu- rity Administration (SSA) procurements for automatic data process- ing equipment. Specifically, we were asked to determine if SSA's actions had excessively restricted competition to the degree that would make it desirable to have the General Services Administration (GSA) withdraw SSA's procurement authority and conduct the procure- ments itself, For the first procurement, SSA issued a Request-for- Proposals (RFP) on November 28, 1984, foF 44 communications proces- sors.1 For the second procurement, SSA requested an industry review of draft specifications on November 29, 1984, for its Ter- minal Acquisition Project. This project is intended to provide SSA with approximately 20,000 terminals plus related equipment such as printers and controllers. We briefed your office on the results of our limited review on January 11, 1985. During this meeting, we were requested to provide a written report on the results of our evaluation. This letter responds to that request. On March 5, 1985, SSA cancelled the RFP for communications processors because it is considering alternative ways to satisfy this requirement. SSA is not currently soliciting proposals for either procurement. We did not find evidence at the time of the briefing or now that SSA's actions in determining the scope of competition for the two procurements warranted the removal of SSA's delegation of procurement authority. We plan to review the RFP for communications processors when it is re-issued. We also plan to review the RFP for terminal equipment when it is issued. lCommunications processors are small computers used to handle com- munications network control, message switching, and transmissions to and receptions from the larger central computer(s) doing the processing. (510092)

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