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B-194497(1) 1 (1979-10-30)

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                       p.      . THE COMPTROLLER GENE-RAL
         DECISION       -        OF THE UNITED STATES
                                 ASHINGTN         . DC. 20546



         FLUE: ..   B-194497           DATE:   October 30, 1979

         MATTER OF:       Interscience. Systems, Inc.


         DIGEST:

         1.    Portion of protest alleging insufficient
               time to furnish proposals, an *unrealis-
(              tically short delivery schedule and other
               solicitation defects should have been filed
               before closing date for teceipt of quota-
               tions and is untimely.

          2.   When agency tests the market through issu-
               ance of request for quotations to deter-
               mine if it is advantageous to exercise
               contract purchase options, but does not
               solicit incumbent or otherwise place incum-
             bent on notice of market test, Government
               should not be precluded from evaluating
               more advantageous option price offered by
               contractor after deadline for receipt of
               quotations since unlike situation in for-
               mal advertising, competitive pricing is not
               exposed and contractor did not otherwise
               have opportunity to meet competition of
             markei .test.

          3.   When additional price reduction properly is
               taken into consideration, making incumbent's
               option prices more favorable than protester
               quotation, agency decision to exercise
               options is rationally founded and not
               subject to legal objection.

          4.   Suggestion is made to General Services
               Administration that it require agencies to
               include incumbent contractor as a parti-
               cipant whenever market is to be tested
               through solicitation.

                                            PUBLISHED DECISION
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