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B-178298 1 (1973-09-10)

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                 COMPTYOLLER GENERAL OP THE NITED STATES
   nbelic Ri               WAIIIIOTON. D.C. 1024


                                   -~1rSptembr 6t0, ,973



 The Lynch Company, Inc.
 P.0. Box 540
 Tonolulu, UHwait  96809

     Attention: Mrs HariAd K. C. Won&

 Centleaen:

     We rc.fer to your teleGran of March 26, 1973, and subsequent
 correspondence, protesting the cward of a contract to hr;aiian Equirr-
 sent Company (Ilmvaiinn) under invitation for bids (IFn) UNo. DACA01-73-
 -0030, osuad by the 1epartnent of the Army.
     You maintain that the Department Improperly docded that your id
was noureoponaivo for failing to olu coLulinnce tth onliant fcature (c)
of the fa. *We munt agree with the Departmunt's docinion for the rcrnonu
dtsctaood belov.

     hl oprocuring activity issued th Id ron Janunry 23, 1973, for one
road ovoepor, Wayne tnlnunaturing Company ltodfl 904 or equnl, with thtt
foflowing salient fonturcz
     la. Itininu hopper capacity:  4 cu y I nini u
     b. Power stoeritC
     c. lydraultc controls * * A
     d. Swerer ahall have three awuepinS creeds f A A
     e. Swooper shall b self-propaoled o i capable of
          sBteplS a rdnimum 9 foot swath

The Boand flan or Rqual claue (.961 Nov) o:. the 173 nso cautione4
bidders offcrn. eqtl products to furnish al descr±ptiva atori'J
necesry for tha procuring activity to deto.dnu whother the product
offored vat the IF's rCquireCents

  '  The contracting officer reports that yo nubritted the louat bid
($14,645.00) for the rcuuirement; howavor you indicnted in ontry n cn
pane 4 of your bid tat th iequal product (UIsin Snooper Coupamy ?odrl
o, 47) 9ich you propooed srrs not i strict ncccrdince ith thextr:'a
opecifieations. On th reverse side of the page you explainad tho
offered produc  differences as foflowe:


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