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B-276349 1 (1997-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafya0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: L.A. Systems, Inc. File: B-276349 Date: June 9, 1997 Joseph A. Artabane, Esq., and Joseph G. Billings, Esq., Riley & Artabane, P.C., for the protester. Jerry T. James for Severn Companies, Inc., an intervenor. Robert R. Goff, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly issued delivery order for robotics tape library system that failed to meet stated requirements is denied where the requirements were relaxed but the record establishes that there is no reasonable possibility that the protester was prejudiced by the relaxation. DECISION L.A. Systems, Inc. protests the issuance of delivery order No. DCA200-97-F-1265 to Severn Companies, Inc., against General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract as the result of a request for pricing (RFPr) issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), for a robotics tape library system to be used at the Defense MegaCenter Sacramento. L.A. asserts that Severn's system does not satisfy several salient characteristics set forth in the RFPr. We deny the protest. The RFPr, as amended, requested pricing for items available on GSA schedules, existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contracts, or other agency contracts to which DITCO is an authorized ordering activity. The RFPr listed several salient characteristics with respect to the robotics/tape cartridge capacity, tape drives, and host connectivity. The specifications required, among other things, that the tape cartridge provide access to any tape transport for any tape cartridge in the system; that it read and write in 36-track format and read 18 track format; and that the system consist of 4 control units and 16 cartridge drives. The RFPr provided that this requirement could be met by upgrading either the existing StorageTek or International Business Machines (IBM) equipment, but not both. The

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