Retirement System

Concerns About OPM's FERS Automated Processing System Procurement Gao ID: IMTEC-90-45 April 4, 1990

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) planned $54-million procurement for an automated system and computer hardware, focusing on whether: (1) the request for proposals was unnecessarily restrictive; and (2) OPM received outside assistance in developing its requirements.

GAO found that OPM: (1) did not unduly restrict the technical specifications; (2) did not act improperly in obtaining assistance from two outside sources in developing the solicitation; (3) required vendors to meet six experience requirements on a strict basis, which may have restricted competition; and (4) did not adequately evaluate the effect of those requirements on potential competition.

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