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B-191137 1 (1978-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgba0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1. 1 M COMPTROLLFM GENERAL DECISION . Z . cF THE UMITED ETATEE WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054d FILE: B-191137 DATE: May 10, 1978 MATTER OF: Target Communications, Inc. DIGEST: Although bidder alleges that it failed to receive IFB amendments in sufficient time to consider their contrents, contracting officer's refusal to extend the bid opening was justified since bidder's fail- ure to receive amendments was not the result of conscious or deliberate effort by agency to pre- clude bidder from competing. Target Communications, Inc. (Target) protests the award of a contract under solicitation No. IFB- 00-78-B-13 issued by the Department of Agriculture (Arriculture) inviting bids for interior and exterior exhibits, floor covering and furniture for the Seneca Rocks Visitor Center, West Virginia. As Target did not receive Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to the solicitation and final drawings at the same time as the other bidders, it contends that an extension of the bid opening date should have been granted. Target argues that it was denied the opportunity to compete equally for the con- - tract because it did not receive thE amendments in t.me to revise its initial bid. 'The solicitation was issued on December 26, 1977 and included a copied set of preliminary drawings. On January 10, 1978, Amendment No. I was issued to all pro- spective bidders. The amendment incorporated a final set of drawings, made changes to the specifications, and required bidders to price separately each subitem. Amend- ment No. 2 was is&ued on January 13, 1978, notifying all prospective bidders of a change in the bid opening date from January 18, 1978 to January 25, 1978, and deleting four items from the price schedule. Agriculture received Target's bid on January 18, 1978, the original b'id opening date. arget called - 1-

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