B-186513: Jan 27, 1977

IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT RFP REQUIREMENT FOR "STATEMENTS OF COMMITMENT" FROM PERSONS NOT THEN EMPLOYED BY OFFEROR COULD BE SATISFIED ONLY BY SUBMISSION OF SIGNED STATEMENTS FROM EACH PERSON. PROTEST IS DENIED. AGENCY IS ADVISED THAT SIMILAR PROVISIONS IN FUTURE SOLICITATIONS SHOULD BE MORE CLEARLY EXPRESSED. WAS ISSUED TO PROVIDE DATA FILE MAINTENANCE SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPOR...

B-186513: Jan 27, 1977

Award to provide data file maintenance services was protested by claimant, alleging that awardee did not have required work commitments from its projected personnel. It was not clear that requirement for "statements of commitment" from persons not then employed by offeror could be satisfied only by submission of signed statements from each person, as protester asserted, and not by an offeror's rep...