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B-178824 1 (1973-08-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadiz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: t 9 1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TH UNITED STATES tfl WAIHINGTOUY D.C., M 5~18AAugstt1i, 1973 3 '4 • .9 o & C tte~rJim, Inc. Rout@ 130 ordmentmn, Rev JeflOy 0850 Attentiom nMrs lflta oray Oentlerwnd We are in receipt of your telerm ofr June5, 1973, rdnd suboequent letters, #protesting n awrd boinj made to the apparet low bidder, Pais H. tinuto, Tn. (wluto), wider ivitation for bids (irs) No. f l309.73-B,072, issued by the Bae Procurenent Office, cauire Air orce Bue, ov Jersoy. The i) scught bids for air citioning quarters at the iWue, ( bh bidder vas rquired to submit vith its bid a bid bond in tb4 amt of 20 percent of tho bid price. The cumwroial bid bend Submitted by the apparent 1v bidder and attcbed to itA bid, flthough maki g specific reforenc to the sub- stance of t'a solicitation, stated that ihe surety vould be bound to the tate o)! NeWJersey rather than to te United States Gonrwent. Rotwithtsndins this deficiency the ajenoy proposes to accept the bid band d make award to Hinuto We agree vith this coars of aetin, 0&0Wcontends that )inuto's bid sl have been rejected mince the insertion of aBtate rather than the United flates Govecnment as obligee rendered the bond unenforceable by the Government; the bond we not submitted ai standard forn (?) 24 cas required by the ID; and, the bond as vrittmn ccntuaun materia. deviations frcu the £tquins a zot orf I A 0; ferph 2 4Io4,(h) of the Armd Services Procureracat aaAti (AM) prwvidn that whre a bid guarantee ts eqtdred and a bidder tils to fMnlsh it in acoordance ith the; requirments of the IF, the bid shall be rejected (nit?. certain exceptions o t smteril here).,Hin wmr, eine Hi ulto did Nmish a bid bond the only inue Is the accept- ability of that bond. B-170594, Detcuber 3, 1970. Thus, the cae you citep 16V9546, October15, 1970, vberein a bidder did not furnish a bid bm Is i clearly dietinzuahabte ac iets t tim the presmat situatIce,

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