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B-178456 1 (1973-07-24)

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                       COMPTROLLER GENERL. OF THE UNITED STATES
                                  WA$NINGTON. D.C. L034O


       1-178456                                    July 24, 1973



       Armor Tochnololy Corporation
       135 East Railroad Avenue
       Monrovia, California    91016
            Attention: Hr. Don B oKates
                        Executive Vice Prnsident
       Gentlen:n

            Reference t made to your letters of April 26 and June 19, 1973,
       with enclosures1 protesting against the award of a contract to tiny
       other firma under invitation for bids (III) DAA1103-73-B-0417, ±satd
       by the Uutited States Army liWmle Conand, Reds tone Arsenal. Alabama.

            The IYB, issued on February 12, 1973, was for the procureat oft
       275 TJ  tripod nounts, APN 1-224837, for a uingle-year program or
       2,384 TOW tripod mounts for a 5-year program. The vultiyear require-
       mants are 275, 623, 562, 552 and 372 unite for fcal ycarB 1973
       thTough 1977p respectively.  hIe facesheot of the IF (standard form
       31) contained the standard clause indicating that the bidder offered
       to furnish any or &1l icos upon which prices are offercd, at the
       price set opposite each item.  Also, undor section [P7 of the In-
       biddere ware required to bid, except for 'liSP data requiremants, on
       each line item including option quantities, for ti'e flirt £nd multi-
       year program requirements. Paragraph 3 of subsection C',37 elno
       provided that Bidders must bid on each qumitity specified on every
       line of Section H except data requirements , hich may be listed a NSP.

            The 17 was issued to 53 prospective bidders, nine of vhici
       submitted bids.   n bids were opened on tarch 14, 1973, at which time
       it was determined that while your firm submitted a bid for both the
       single-year cad multiyear portions of te IF3, It failed to provide
       prices for all of the line iteos within the bid. The line itemson
       which prices were omitted were item 0002, first article requirement
       of two units in the single-year portion of %:he IF3; item 0007, firt
       article requirement of two unite in the multiyear portion of the IFB;
       and item 0008, altermate offer of a production ruantity of 275 units,
       provided first artile Is waived.

            Tmediately after bid opening a representative of your firm
       advised Governmant officials supervising the bid opening that your





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