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B-220031 1 (1985-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmcx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OUCUSION . . OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548 FILE: B-220031 DATE: December 20, 1985 MATTER OF: Internal Revenue Service--Request for Reconsideration DIGEST: GAO withdraws its prior recommendation that the contracting agency not renew the remain- ing 2 option years of the awarded contract and instead resolicit for those years, since the agency states that because of its antic- ipated future needs, it will not be exercis- ing the final option year of the contract. Further, the agency has established that a competition for its needs for the 1 remaining option year would not be in the government's best interest. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requests that we withdraw our recommendation for corrective action in Centennial Computer Products, Inc.--Reconsideration, B-212979.2, Aug. 22, 1985, 85-2 C.P.D. 41 208. For the reasons set forth below, we are withdrawing the recommendation. Initially, we note that the IRS also has requested reconsideration of our holding in the above decision that the rejection of the proposal Centennial Computer Products (Centennial) submitted in response to request for proposals (RFP) No. IRS-83-053 could not be justified on the grounds given by the agency. The IRS has presented us with several new technical arguments in support of its position that Centennial's proposal properly was rejected, and has asked for a conference to develop and explain further the tech- nical considerations involved in its decision to reject the offer. In addition, Centennial has filed a claim with our Office for reimbursement of the substantial costs allegedly incurred in preparing its proposal. We will address the ,nerits of the IRS's reconsideration request and whether Centennial is entitled to recover such costs in a forth- coming decision. We are issuing the present decision at this time because circumstances establish that, irrespec- tive of the merits of the rejection of Centennial's pro- posal, it no longer is practicable to implement our recommendation for corrective action as discussed below. O~oa4 d t 1) '4- _4c 'IT C. 4 1 1

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