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B-185712 1 (1976-08-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 13 C S I NOF THE UNITED STATES VWASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-185712 [DATE: August 10, 1976 MATTER OF: Bowers Reporting Company DIGEST: An IFB for reporting and transcript services precluding a monitored multi-microphone tape recording system which has a successful record of performance in other agencies in similar circumstances unduly restricts competition in the absence of inadequate performance or unacceptable shortcomings demonstrated by experience of the agency or others, engineering analysis or other - logical basis. Bowers Reporting Company (Bowers) has filed a protest before award under Invitation for Bids (IFB) No. DJ-A-76-10 issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the acquisition of stenographic reporting services and the furnishing of transcripts of depositions, hearings, conferences and other proceedings from February 1, 1976 through January 31, 1977. The bid opening was scheduled for January 19, 1976 but upon being informed of this protest, DOJ extended the bid opening date indefinitely. By letter of January 14, 1976, Bowers protested the issuance of the IFB on the grounds that its specifications were restrictive and prevented full and free competition. The protest is directed at that portion of Article 4 of the IFB which reads as follows: Recordings hereunder shall be taken by reporters qualified in shorthand or steno- type, and when permitted by the Presiding Official, by stenomask. If stenomask record- ing is permitted, the system used must be of such quality as to insure against error, mis- interpretation, or loss of voice; the equipment must contain simultaneous playback, listening, and preamplification facilities. The recording of a proceeding by tape recorder alone is not acceptable. (Emphasis supplied.) - 1

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