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B-177946 1 (1973-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadom0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTPOLLCI GENERAL OF THE LITb-) bTATIS ;t( ;'...t+' LWAS.1NflINe,13. C, 10541 -I B-177946,,y.29, ).973;3 Area Contr.u 35 lre.oe Glciornr Paaadena, C:iifornia 911.05 Attention: )fr. Arnold Rnines Prenidou~t Roerc.nec is mado to your letter of April 70, 1973, and prior correspondei-o, protontinri against the rejection of your bid under invitation for bids No, 3VP-A2-11-21795-.l-14-72, indued by the Federal Supply Service, General Services Adminiotration, The invitation, iuued on October 12, 1972, requested bide for fNrnishtn a quantity of electronic voltnrters end rnlated irens under iter in Orotpo A Annd D, Prospectivc bidders uero advined that dolivery ( of the initial quantity wan to ba mndo within a 90-day pwriod after award iid that 30 dayn ould tu nended by the Governrarnt for cppxcivtng thc' DucCBDfCu biddor'o recommcnded test procodures, Bids ,erx opened on Novembor 14, 1972, ,sd your fin wan the lowont bidder oii thie itrmn in Groups A and Ai, Nowever, a pronward rurvey team, compoued of tn emeors from the General Services Adr.inin- trc.atta. nnd fwo nombesr of the Federal Avlation Adninistration, recurouded that the contrac.t not be rarde.d to your company because your firm could not meet the schedule for dcltvery of the initinl quantity of 20 volt mters (with rclaLed instruction books), Thin wan baned in part upon your production schedule .'ich was considered to indicate that it vould tr.ke 120 to 135 ddys for the first 20 unite to be available for delivery, On the bnin of the survey, the contracting officer doubtcd that your company hod the. capability to provide the oquipnent in a timrely manner and ho referred the mtter to the Small Bubinon AdmL.nistration (I'\A) for review unilr redorl Procurcncnt Renulationn 1-.700-2(v). In a letter dated Vebruavy 1, 19730 SDA declined your firrt'e requent for a certificate of corpotomny (COO). On April 2, 1973, CaS. dvioed our Office that beer.una of the. urgent need for the ltcnn in Croupo A and B, a contract wan beino awarded to the )ovlott Packtard Company. You have challenged the contracting officer's failure to find your . company reoponsible. You hav. stated that the Defence Contract (10 c Qj 1 2- I %o:

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