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B-177547 1 (1973-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadne0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -*Iam COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF T1t.. UNITE1 STATES WASHINGTON. .c. o.C. 10ii D-3.77547 Hay 29, 1973 AIR HAIL Houea of Hope Foandation 35 IT.Wyon Truir, True Baiton, Vietnam Attentiw lMrs .yosook It .Whitcomb Proidont Oerblemena By telefo. dated Iloveber 30, 1972, and subsequent correspondence, you protested ngaiust ahurd of a contract to another firm under request for proposals (BI?) lo. J)AJB02-73-f-0O1, issued flovernbor 15, 1972, by the Uaited tate Arw Contract Administration Office, Vietimm (UAAOV). The 10? invited offers for non-personal services to operate and mantge the llrport Conissary in Saigou, Vietnwa, The initial closing date for propoasplu i woavebor 24s 1972s The W'w was amended on ovenber 24, 1972, to a(d a requirement that the contractor provide two food inspectors, anM the oclouing date for recoipt of revinod pro- poso is vas etren4ed to 4 p.m., November 30, 1972, 'Thirty-saven copiea of the solicitation were dintributed and at least IO proposals were received. An award vac mazde on December 9, 1972, in accordance idith Armed Services Procurementl femulatl.on (ASPR) 2-t07.8(b)(3), which allows the rak ing of an award prior to thc rosolution of a protest ihen the contracting officer detendnoe it is in the best interest of the Government. You nontend that your firm wan not given an opportunity to submit a proposal because you were not sent a copy of the olicitation, even though you had boon led to belLeve that you would receive fAture solici- tations by a letter dated Novcmber 1, 1972, froim the U.S. Ary Agency, lavraii, advininsr that it ould henceforth handle Vietram procurements. Furthermore, you contend that when an agent of your firm visited the contracting officer and requested a copy of the RP? on Novenber 30, 1972, the request was arbitrarily denied even though you could have prepared and submitted a proposal that day. The adminiatrPtive responae to your first contention is that due to the urgency of thi requtirement it wag determined that the 1P would S,.),

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