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B-118678 1 (1978-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsqk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LE -G 136 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-118678 APR 5 The Honorable Frank Church United States Senate Dear Senator Church: We refer to your letter of January 10, 1978, enclosing correspondence you received concerning Federal procurement and the profession of surveying. You suggest that two of our recent decisions reflect a usurpation of the states' surveyor licensure require- ments by Federal procurement regulation, which you believe was not intended by Congress. The decisions you reference are 'jeman Engineering-reconsideration, B-184770,fMarch 9, 1977, 77-1 CPD J71, and United States Geological Survey, B-118678,r May 6, 1977, 77-1 CPD 314. Copies are enclosed, as well as is a copy of Fur initial decision in Ninneman Engineering, B-184770, May 11, 1976, 76-1 CPD 307. In the March 9, 1977, decision we considered whether cadastral surveys must be pro red in accordance with the Brooks Bill, 40 U.S.C. S 541et se. (Supp. V, 1975), which states the Federal Governent- policy in the procurement of architect-engineer (A-E) services. Our findings in that decision served as the basis for the May 6, 1977, decision, which involved certain mapping services. The Brooks Bill declares it to be Federal policy to publicly announce all requirements for architectural and engineering services and to negotiate contracts for such services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification and at fair and reasonable prices. In Ninneman Engineering-reconsideration, we outlined the procedures prescribed in the Bill as follows: Generally, the selection procedures prescribed require the contracting agencies to publicly announce requirements for A-E ram. ..........._.._...............

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