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B-277698 1 (1997-11-12)

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oComptroller General
             of the United States
             Washington, D.C. 20548
             Decision




             Matter of: DeLancey Printing

             File:        B-277698

             Date:        November 12, 1997

             M. J. Mintz, Esq., and Robert J. Moss, Esq., Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky,
             for the protester.
             Kerry L. Miller, Esq., Government Printing Office, for the agency.
             Win. David Hasfurther, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General
             Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
             DIGEST

             Where IFB stated that prices submitted signified request for offers of product
             quality level IV requirements and that to receive additional offers of level III
             requirements bidders had to check box requesting offers for production of both
             product quality level III and IV requirements, agency reasonably concluded that
             since bidder did not check box, it had elected to receive only level IV requirements.
             DECISION

             DeLancey Printing protests the decision by the Government Printing Office (GPO)
             not to issue quality level III orders to the firm under invitation for bids (IFB)
             No. 814-M.1 DeLancey argues that the GPO improperly found its bid nonresponsive
             for level III orders since the question of whether DeLancey is qualified to do
             level III work concerns its responsibility. DeLancey also argues that the IFB
             contains a latent ambiguity, which requires the IFB to be canceled and GPO's needs
             to be resolicited.

             We deny the protest.

             The IFB, issued on June 20, 1997, requested prices for GPO printing requirements
             for books and pamphlets. While the IFB stated that the work would be either
             product quality level III or IV, bidders were to submit prices only for the quality
             level IV work. The IFB advised bidders that prices for level III needs would be



             iGPO has implemented a quality assurance through attributes program (QATAP) to
             ensure that products printed by contractors satisfy objectively measured quality
             levels. QATAP contains five product quality levels. Level III is good quality and
             Level IV is basic quality. See Shepard Printing, B-260362 et al., June 6, 1995, 95-2,
             CPD T 119 at 2.

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