SunFed protests NSA procurement in High Performance Workstations 2

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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

             SunNews: SunFed Protest, Sun Foundation Grants

SunFLASH Vol 61 #17					        January 1994
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61.17.A
Subject: SunFed Files Protest with GAO

If you have questions regarding this announcement, please contact
John Leahy at (703) 204-4818.  

	    SUN FEDERAL FILES AGENCY PROTEST 
	 WITH THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Company Challenges "Round Two" of the NSA-HPW2 Workstation Procurement

VIENNA, Virg. -- January 12, 1994 -- On Jan. 7, Sun Microsystems
Federal, Inc., the original awardee of the National Security Agency
(NSA) HPW2 (High Performance Workstation) contract, filed a formal
protest with the Government Accounting Office (GAO) challenging the
rebid of the procurement. It is Sun Federal's contention that the
Maryland Procurement Office (MPO) has violated Federal Acquisition
Regulations (FAR) by substantially changing the requirements of the
original solicitation. The company is asking the GAO to direct the MPO
to cancel this solicitation and issue a new specification based on
current requirements.

Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., is the leading vendor of open
client-server computing solutions to the government. It is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in
Milpitas, Calif.