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B-197000.2 1 (1980-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiqq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~ ~ THE COMPTROLLER G6ENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-197000. 2 DATE: October 27. 1980 MATTER OF: Interscience Systems, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Request for reconsideration is denied where requesting party has not shown that prior decision upholding agency's position was based on error of law or fact. 2. GAO does not generally conduct independent investigation pursuant to bid protest func- tion to verify validity of protester's alle- gations. Interscience Systems, Inc. requests reconsideration of 6,ur decision in a protest filed by it), Interscience Systems, Inc., B-197000, August 8, 1980, 80-2 CPD 103, in which we denied Interscience's complaints regarding TU.S. Army Missile Command (Army) procurement) for a UNIVAC Model 8433 disk system, or equ 1 under Request for Proposals (RFP) DAAHO3-80-R-0036 - n rejecting Interscience's protest, we concluded: 1) that the Army's demonstrated need for equipment capable of per- forming certain diagnostic routines (diagnostics) in various operating modes was not unduly restrictive of competition and (2) that information furnished by Inter- science during discussions indicated that its equipment could not meet that need (i.e., he diagnostic would not operate in an in-line mode) ecause we found that the Interscience proposal was p rperly rejected on this basis, it was not necessary to decide other issues which Interscience had raised. In requesting reconsideration, Interscience ques- tions ur understanding of its protest, asserts that we should seek outside technical assistance in ferreting out the facts, argues that it can provide so-called in- line diagnostics, and continues to suggest that the Army's requirement permits only Univac diagonstics to be offered. Interscience has offered no evidence not previously con- sidered in support of its request and has failed to show U 9r0 o- po -+FpVA(V1 n I lffi . -1 -NA,=,=

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