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B-283451 1 (1999-10-21)

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                  -e GeAtOa
 __Comptroller General
                                                              of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of:      Specialized Contract Services, Inc.

         File:           B-283451

         Date:           October 21, 1999


         Herbert C. Ross for the protester.
         COL Nicholas P. Retson, CPT Melissa T. Miller and Matthew W. Bowman, Esq.,
         Department of the Army, for the agency.
         John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
         Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Agency properly accepted a bid that used the bidder's trade name, rather than its
         corporate name, where it was possible to identify, from evidence that was existing
         and publicly available at the time of bid opening, the actual bidder with sufficient
         certainty such that the bidder would not be able to avoid the obligations of its bid.
         DECISION

         Specialized Contract Services, Inc. (SCSI) protests the proposed award of a contract
         to Heavenly Ham under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DABT23-99-B-0035, issued by
         the Department of the Army for meals for military applicants at the Military Entrance
         Pro cessing Station, Knoxville, Tennessee.

         We deny the protest.

         The agency received three bids by the bid opening date of August 9, 1999. Heavenly
         Ham's total bid of $193,125 was low and SCSFs total bid of $224,625 was second low.
         Agency Report, Tab M, Abstract of Bids. The bid submitted by Heavenly Ham was
         signed by Robert W. Tonker, Jr., and identified the bidder as follows:

                                  Heavenly Ham
                                  9307 Kingston Pike
                                  Knoxville, TN 37922

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