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Attention: ienwr . Idauregard, Fsq,
Oentlemen:
Refercnee Is tzde to yvr letters of Jntr PP. oumr.h P31973,
on behalf of the . sDi !3hfor4- Cc-.cpanrw (g4), rnt*to i0'o letter o'C
Enty (i, 19/3, cnd prior eozrec..onrleuee, prolt1n. ,a.1n:t the c.'n rl nC
a contract to DeiPlit/i:arkc ilision of VCttc:cr Cornor.tion (Trnite)
uuior request for ;rc.na1a (we) :';09.d. 16, £3oucd by the Unitc.
OLttco AmtA Iudtitona Corand, JofLct, Llitoi.
Tho Mv, icaucd OGtober P.7, 19$!,celed for 1W.5, Vod 5 icniter
for tbo %P*.Th-ittoh ro~akct i-.tot', ext ptroridrj th!LtA tho centVnctcwr riiilit
a first nrticle to the flovnsecnt for tvottnt: v1tan WZ.P3, dc:n . tcr r.. .-,
'c e so1ic,4,,to.t .wit rcati tc to thao t '.roved i.:n.-tcr t 'bfi$.ticf.
oWtcrlrj 2.r-. unit prcco *The prcamrd ouvcy or the lcrs o.Tcror ira.
cca: 1ucly iivorable amd orntzzt gr. iO7e'o1 aicd to t,:,xt.
concern on vntiun 16, 1973, for a q Mity or' i ieo icntcra ut a
rrice of 12935 h 3 W's offered price for tsl quantity un 493v0z.
Your protcat in pr.s1e:1 cnentlall? on tvo bnstn: ttmt the
Clowrnncnt erred in It cvaluation o the proya.aU; and the mnnor in
which it coWJuacted neotiations vitli the oxticror vac in flol%tciu of
the pertinent prbnisions of the Armed Oerviccs Procurement f.btllatiO
(0%) diactooed IsiZao
Your obJeu'iton to the evalunticn pro'sdure is that the oyenrn=nt,
contrary to the toms of the P7?, CoTaled to coailder the coats of teutlnt
af' t tirnt article. T's tarch £2, 21973# lctter tatesa
T!w W? certainlty Indicated that hether or not first
article teating vo'ld be required vould be out Itportout een-
sidcrt4on. in oweluation ol' prooos, It oL.o statel quite
olearly (6) that Governmnt teotin, o offirst article aumleu
vas r,'. itJtor a na (b) t't alv-cr of the tent rqutireent
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