ADP Procurement

Navy Improperly Restricted Competition for Its Civilian Pay System Gao ID: IMTEC-89-61 June 21, 1989

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed allegations that the Navy improperly restricted competition for two contracts for computer equipment and software for the Navy Standard Civilian Pay System (NAVSCIPS).

GAO found that the Navy: (1) selected the data-base management system, hardware and operations sites without conducting appropriate studies and developing adequate support; (2) improperly restricted competition to brand-name-or-equal hardware and related equipment; (3) selected new data-base management software and reduced the number of processing sites, since the selected system design did not meet its needs; and (4) substantially changed the original requirements so that it could not prudently use its current contract to procure additional hardware without clear evidence that represented the most cost-effective solution.

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