A firm protested an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acquisition of an excess Government leased multiprocessor computer from the Department of Energy (DOE) after EPA determined that the excess leased computer represented the lowest cost alternative which would meet its requirements. The General Services Administration (GSA) generally has exclusive statutory authority to procure automatic data...

DIGEST: MARKET SURVEY USED TO SUPPORT DETERMINATION THAT PURCHASE OF EXCESS LEASED ADP EQUIPMENT REPRESENTS LOWEST COST TO GOVERNMENT IS DEFECTIVE WHERE BASED SOLELY ON RESULTS OF ANOTHER AGENCY'S PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT WHICH DID NOT MEET FIRST AGENCY'S NEEDS. PROTEST OF AGENCY'S PURCHASE OF EXCESS LEASED COMPUTER IS SUSTAINED. EXCESS AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (ADPE) IS THAT WHICH IS C...