B-192337, AUG 18, 1978
Highlights
DIGEST: WHERE PROTEST IS FILED PRIOR TO ANY ACTION OR PROPOSED ACTION BY PROCURING ACTIVITY ADVERSE TO INTERESTS OF PROTESTER. PROTEST IS PREMATURE AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY HEW THAT IT IS CONSIDERING THE USE OF A SYSTEM TO MONITOR ITS COPY EQUIPMENT. HEW IS CONTACTING VARIOUS SUPPLIERS TO DETERMINE ITS NEEDS AND THE PROSPECTIVE SOURCE OF SUPPLY. NO SELECTION OF A FIRM HAS BEEN MADE AND WHEN A SELECTION IS MADE. NO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS WILL BE ISSUED. A REQUISITION WILL BE PLACED WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FSS ITEMS. WHICH IS ADVERSE TO ACCOUNT OR. ACCORDINGLY THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-192337, AUG 18, 1978
DIGEST: WHERE PROTEST IS FILED PRIOR TO ANY ACTION OR PROPOSED ACTION BY PROCURING ACTIVITY ADVERSE TO INTERESTS OF PROTESTER, PROTEST IS PREMATURE AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.
ACCOUNT OR SYSTEMS USA LTD.:
ACCOUNT OR SYSTEMS USA LTD. (ACCOUNT OR) HAS PROTESTED THE ALLEGED SELECTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE (HEW) OF ANOTHER FIRM FOR THE FURNISHING OF COPIER MONITORING EQUIPMENT FROM THE FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE (FSS) FOR THESE ITEMS.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY HEW THAT IT IS CONSIDERING THE USE OF A SYSTEM TO MONITOR ITS COPY EQUIPMENT. IN ORDER TO LEARN THE CAPABILITIES OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, HEW IS CONTACTING VARIOUS SUPPLIERS TO DETERMINE ITS NEEDS AND THE PROSPECTIVE SOURCE OF SUPPLY. AS OF NOW, NO SELECTION OF A FIRM HAS BEEN MADE AND WHEN A SELECTION IS MADE, NO REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS WILL BE ISSUED, BUT A REQUISITION WILL BE PLACED WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FSS ITEMS.
AS IT APPEARS NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY HEW, AS OF THIS TIME, WHICH IS ADVERSE TO ACCOUNT OR, WE VIEW THE PROTEST AS PREMATURE. CLIFFORD INDUSTRIES, INC., B-191075, FEBRUARY 8, 1978, 78-1 CPD 107.
ACCORDINGLY THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.