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B-180833 1 (1974-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcdu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISIOIN FILE: B-180833 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL CF THE UINITED STATES 1WASH INGTON. 0. C. 20546 I-t DATE: July 2, 1974 MATTER OF: Digital Equipment Corporation DIGEST: Protest by Federal Supply Schedule contractor against GSA's refusal to add additional equip- ment to existing contract schedule for automa- tic data processing equipment is denied since record does not establish that GSA abused its discretion in determining that the additional equipment offerings would not result in sub- stantial economic benefit to Government. How- ever, in view of allegations regarding unequal treatment of suppliers and nonuniform approach to determining economic benefit, information is held for consideration in audit. Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) has protested the refusal of the Automated Data and Telecommunications Service, General Services Administration (GSA), to amend that com- pany's Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Schedule Contract No. GS-OC-00162 by adding certain items of DEC equipment to the Federal Supply Schedule dealing with General Purpose ADP Equipment and Software. The contract was awarded to DEC on September 28, 1973. On November 19, 1973, DEC proposed the addition of certain ADP equipment to its ADP Schedule Price List. GSA accepted some units for inclusion on the Schedule, but determined that the other offered units did not provide sufficient economic benefit to the Government to warrant inclusion in the DEC Schedule Contract. DEC claims that sufficient economic benefit is a phrase without definition, that the various GSA contract negotiators apply different standards in determining the existence of such a benefit, and that its offerings do in fact provide economic benefit to the Govern- ment. GSA reports that its policy, which was reflected in the solicitation leading to the award of DEC's contract, to require discounts from suppliers' established catalog market prices as well as other terms and conditions more is or - 1 -