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GAO and Federal Gnvernhent ADP Procurement. June 8, 1977. 29 pp.
Speech before American Inst. of Industrial Engineers, Arlington,
VA; by Patil G. Dembling, General Ccunsel.
Issue Area: Federal Procurem-nt of Goods and Services (1900).
Contact: Office of the General Counsel.
Budget Function: Miscellaneous: Automatic Data Processing
(1001).
Authority: Budget and Acrounting Act of 1921 (31 U.S.C. 53).
Brooks Act (P.L. 89-306). 40 U.S.C. 759(f)(2). 31 U.S.C.
665(a) . 31 U.S.C. 712a. 41 U.S.C. 11. F.P.M.R. 101-32.
Executive Order 11717. 4 C.F.R. 2n. 51 Comp. Gen. 609. 51
Comp. Gen. 613. 54 Coup. Gen. 930. 54 Comp. Gen. 196. 55
Comp. cen. 60. 55 Comp. Gen. 1043. 56 Comp. Gen. 142.
B-186313 (1977). B-115369 (1974). B-115369 (1975). B-115369
(1976). B-183182 (1975). 8-186755 (1977). B-187435 1977).
B-186313 (1977).
The General Accounting Office (GAO) has increased the
scope of its audit activities in the last few years in an
attempt to improve procurement and management of the
Government's automatic data processing (ADP) resources. GAO has
also receivcd a steadily increasing number of bid protests
involving ADP procurements. Findings/Conclusions: Both
individual ADP procurements and general policies and procedures
have been reviewed in an attempt to test their efficiency and
economy. The revolving fund specially created by the Brooks Act
to facilitate the financing of the acquisition of Government ADP
equipment should eventually be fully utilized for Government ADP
equipment purchases and leases and for operation of Federal
computer centers. Neither of these objectives has been achieved
to date. There is a need for standardization in ADP management
to improve the economy and efficiency of Government ADP
operations. Issues that have been presented in bid protests
involving ADP procurements include a bid provision disclaiming
implied warranties of the merchant's ability and fitness for a
particular purpose and excluding the bidder from liability to
the Government for consequential damages; procurement that
called for a facilities management services contract to cover an
agency's ADP needs for an 18-month period; and the technical
acceptability of a proposal for a large-scale scientific
computer system. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadrro0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)