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B-208687.2 1 (1984-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlxc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION • . OF THE UNITED STATES S WAS H I NGTO N. Q.C. 20548 FILE: B-208687.2 DATE: Septeaber 17, 1984 MATTER OF: Railway Systems Engineering Corporation DIGEST: 1. Complaint that firm was improperly excluded from competitive range based on weaknesses in pro- posal in comparison to competition is without merit where firm has not shown that exclusion from competitive range was unreasonable. 2. Complaint regarding deficiency apparent on the face of a solicitation in procurement funded with federal funds must be filed prior to the closing date of receipt of proposals. 3. In grant-funded procurement, where complainant chooses not to raise certain issues with grantee and where grantor thereafter declines to consider these issues under its protest procedures, GAO also refuses to review these matters since such action would tend to under- mine the effectiveness of grantor's grant administration function. Railway Systems Engineering Corporation (RSEC) requests our review of the action of the Sacramento Transit Development Agency (STDA) in the award of two engineering consultant projects to support Sacramento's light rail transit development program. STDA is a recipient of federal grant funds from the Urban Mass Transportation Agency (UMTA), Department of Transportation, pursuant to UMTA grant project No. CA-29-9004. RSEC contends that STDA's short listing process, i.e., the process by which STDA selected firms in the competitive range with which to conduct discussions, was defective since it eliminated the more qualified firms from the competition. Our review is undertaken pursuant to 40 Fed. Reg. 42406 (September 12, 1975).

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