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THE CIMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION O P THI UNITEb STATES
WASH!NGTON. D. C. lO54El
FILE: B-191919 'OATE: September iS, 1978
MATTER OF: Prestex, Inc.
DIGEST:
1. Bid on FOB Origin basis renders bid non-
responsive where IFB requires bid on FOB
Destination basis.
2. Where bid is nonresponsive on one of two
items, and all other bids are submitted
on all or none basis, accep'tance of
aggregate bid is proper even thod'h par-
tial award for one item woulu cesult in
less cost to Government For the one item.
Prestex, Inc. (Prestex) of Great Neck, New
York, protests the proposed rejection of its bids
under invitation for bids (IFB) No; DLA100-78-B-
0559, issued by the Defense Personnel Support Center
-'DPSC), Defense Logistics Agency, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, for 177,000-linear yards of knitted
nylon fleece cloth. Prestex contends that it was
the low responsive bidder for the two line items
contained in the IFB, while DPSC takes the position
that Prestex was riot responsive to Item No. 0001AB,
for 53,l10 yards to be delivered on an FOB Desti-
nation basis, and cannot be awarded Item No. 0001AA
because of the all or none restriction found in
all bids received.
The IFB,)as originally issued, provided thaL
[p]rices offernd will be based on Delivery FOB
Destination, 00lAB and F. 0. B. Origin for Item
0001AA. Amendment No. 0001, dated April 13, 1978,
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