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(Review of Sealed Bid Practices]. LCD-77-209; B-185929. January
28, 1977. 2 pp.
Report to Rep. William A. Steiger; by Fred J. Shafer, Director,
Logistics and Communications Div.
Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700).
Contact; Logistics and Communications Div.
Budget Function: General Government: General Property and
Records Management (904).
organization Concerned: General Services Administration.
Congressional Relevance: Rep. William A. Steiger.
The bid receipt, opening, and acceptance practices for
surplus prcperty sales followed by GSA Region V in Chicaqo were
investigated. A sale for a surplus flexosriter was questioned.
Procedures for handii.ag sealed bid sales were reviewed and
selected actu&l salos transactions were observed.
Findings/C --lusions: Adequate safeguards are provided to
proteet the integrity of sealed bid sales. Sales personnel in
Reqion V may not have access to bids until the time they are
opened. Bids are received by GSA's Business Service Center where
they are time-stamped and kept, unopened, in a safe. The public
say attend a bid opening; if ;resent, they must sign a bid
attendance register. GSA personnel open the bids in public or,
if no one from the public 3s present, a GSA employee acts as
witness. In the questioned sale, the high bid on the flexowriter
was postmarked on January 27, 1976, ane. received by GSk on
January 29, 1976. One public observer witnessed the bid opening
on January 30, 1976. Close bids are not uncommon and eight of
the 97 winning bids on January 30, 1976, were within $2 of the
next hiqbest bid. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacbr0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)