  We investigate a Hilbert space dynamical system of the form
$\dot{z}(t)=Az(t)+A_1z(t-\tau)+Bu(t)$, where $A$ generates a semigroup of
contractions and $A_1$ is a bounded operator, in order to determine whether the
operator $B$ is admissible. Our approach is based on the Miyadera--Voigt
perturbation theorem and the Weiss conjecture on admissibility of control
operators for contraction semigroups. We demonstrate that the retarded delay
system can be represented as a well-posed abstract Cauchy problem with a
solution formed by an initially log-concave bounded semigroup.
