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B-187986 1 (1977-06-07)

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                       DOCIRENT RESUME

02662 - (A1652652]

[Agency's Decision with regard to Actual Needs for Procurement].
B*187986. June 7, 1977. 3 pp.

Decision re: Emerson Electric Co.; by Robert F. Keller, Deputy
Comptroller General.

Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services: Notifying
    the Congress of Status of Important Procurement Programs
    (1905).
%ontact: Office of the General Counsel: Procurement Law I.
Budget Function: General Government: Other General Government
    (806).
Organizaticn Corcerned: General Services Administration.
Anthority: 8-187216 (1976).

         Protester challenged the decisions of the General
Services Administration (GSA) to delete a bid equalization
factor for space anL to include an unreasonable schedule for
preavard benchmark testing under the first step of a two-step
advertised procurement. JAO will defer to an agency's decision
as to the actual needs for procurement unless the decision is
not rationally founded. The position was found to be rationally
founded. (Author/SC)













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