B-209379: May 27, 1983

A firm protested the consideration of software conversion costs in evaluating offers under a Navy solicitation for the replacement of automatic data processing equipment. The protester claimed that the Navy biased the procurement in favor of the awardee's equipment by assessing a penalty for software conversion costs as part of the technical evaluation of the system-life costs of systems not manuf...

B-209379: May 27, 1983

PROTEST THAT ASSESSMENT OF SOFTWARE CONVERSION COST IN EVALUATING PROPOSALS RESTRICTS COMPETITION IS UNTIMELY SINCE RFP STATED THAT SUCH COSTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND PROTEST WAS NOT FILED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. 2. PROTEST CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF SOFTWARE CONVERSION COST WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN ASSESSED IN EVALUATING PROPOSALS IN SECOND PART OF TWO PHASE FUNDED PROC...