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B-191988 1 (1978-09-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjam0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f &Roger Ayer P L 1 -~c~THU LCOMPTRWLLIER OI3NIRAL CECIBI& N i.OF-f4 . Cr THI SUNITED BTATES ;'%'/ASIIrGT0N, C'. C . 20 4 ,B FILE: B-191988 DATE: Bepteaber 19, 1978 MATTER OF: Neff Communications, Irc. tI DIGEST: Agency is not required to separately purchase item listed on Federal Supply Schedule contract where agency's overall needs can be satisfied only through total package procurement approach involving award for total requirements to one contractor. ,Neff CommunicAtions, Inc. (NCI) objects to the failire of the DeparEment of commerce, Nat-'iona. Ocean'ic and AtmoE pheric Administration, National Weather Service (Commerce) to procure Fidelipac continuous loop mag'netic tape cartridge's for use in Commicce's Automatic Audio System (AAS) pursuant to NCI's Federal Supply Schedule contract No. GS- 00S-66028. The carEridges are being procured from the Ampro Corporation (Ampro) under Commerce con- tract No. 6--35383. The Ampro contract is for the furnishing, in- stallation, and maintenance of a national AAS net- work. Included in th'e contract is a requirement that tape cartridges be shipped monthly to each AAS lo- cation. The -contract price for a box 3f 16 cartridges is $44.97; t-iae schedule contract price is $32.17. At least 24 ,00o cartr~dges are to be ordered under the Ampro 'c,-ntract. Consequently, NCI pont.en~s that purchase roJ the tapes through the schedule contract would be i'n the best interest of the GoVernment because tie Government would receive the same tapes, now being.furnished by Amrpro, at a price lower than the Ampro price. ii i ' 'i- ! , I

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