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B-179313 1 (1973-11-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iCOMPTROLLER GrNERAL. OF THE UNITED STAThS WA5IIfGTON, MC. 2054 D-17913 November 28, 1973 Lrprial-raetnan Corporation 6300 est r.v rd Street Chicago, I111nol 60640 Attetontn Hr. E. Fredrickson Contract Administrator Gentlemen£ Further reference is made to your letter of July 26, 1973, proteutiu n alist te oaward of a contract to Container Service, I n. (CSI), uJer invitation for bids (IFID) DEM 700-73- -.2751, isaued by the Defense Construction Supply Center (7DCSC), Columbus, Ohio. Tor reasons c=plaJne. below, yoew protest is deunid, The subject IF!, as amended, eplicited bids on a quantity of 1430 tube and pipe fittingj %id. Three bids were recorded at the hid openint ald on 'ay 3, J1073, at 10:30 a.m. These bids and amrnts were receivad from the folloin s fmqt' Frank & Warren, Inc., 460.88 per unit; Imperial-Zastman, Inc., $68.76 per vit; aS IMndeco Corp., $87.00 per unit, CSI%, telearaphLe bid was received at DCSC at 7:55 a.m., oa hay 8, 1973, 2 hours and 35 inutesm prior to bid opeming, but was not delivered to the bid openingn roou in time because of delay attributable to Covernnent ntshandlinc. Thereafter, the Govermuent rtltfied al bidders by telegraphic comnnicatton of the late receipt of CSI'e bid end of the determination that it was, nevertheless, for consideration. The low bid of Franh & Marren, Inc., vas rejected bucause of thu bidder'o faflua to acknowled-e an a-ndment. DCSC, on July 24, 1973, a rardad t h contract to the next 1o.1 bidders CSI, at y68.75 per uit. Your protast It based on the grourds thtl (1) CSI Incie the necesa-y finan:al capacity, (2) the p'nst performance record of CI iricntes t3at it canrot meet the delivery schedule, (3) the contracting officer's decision to make the award to CSI may have been uproparty influenced by local Small Business Adminis- traton personnel, and (4) the prtaward survey was not sufficiently thorgpugh. . a ,: ,, I~.r rU:;2P DElIl

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