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B-279662.2 1 (1998-08-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahtg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Electronic Design, Inc. File: B-279662.2; B-279662.3; B-279662.4 Date: August 31, 1998 Brian A. Bannon, Esq., Wayne A. Keup, Esq., Margaret A. Dillenburg, Esq., and Joseph S. Carlin, Esq., Dyer Ellis & Joseph, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., William F. Savarino, Esq., Alex D. Kond6, Esq., Victor G. Klingelhofer, Esq., and Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., Cohen Mohr, for Litton Integrated Systems Corporation, the intervenor. John M. Davis, Esq., Michael Glennon, Esq., and Kelly Swartz, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's source selection decision in which price is considered only as an eligibility factor (i.e., price does or does not fall within agency's budget) is improper because it fails to consider price as a significant evaluation factor, as required by 10 U.S.C. § 2305(a)(2)(A) and § 2305(a)(3)(A) (1994) and as contemplated by the best value evaluation plan stated in the solicitation. 2. Agency conducted competition on an unequal basis where the awardee's initial proposal was substantially in excess of the page limitation stated in the solicitation, and the agency evaluated that proposal for award without specifically advising and providing the other offerors an opportunity to submit proposals without a page limitation. DECISION Electronic Design, Inc. (EDI) protests an award to Litton Integrated Systems Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-98-R-4013, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for integrated ship control system upgrades for CG 47 Ticonderoga class ships.1 1The requirement included the removal of existing equipment, production and installation of the upgraded systems, testing of a complete integrated system at the land-based engineering site, engineering support, and options for direct vendor (continued...)

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