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B-178594 1 (1973-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaduk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9 94 ' ' .,. . . ' .. it * 9 .9 9 ( 7 .9 9 ~ ~'1785M *0 9 ~ 99 9 , ' V l O ' ,t':I' )OMPTVOLLEI -GEM&tAL. OF 'Ti UNITED STATES a w 0 1 -'S 9 9 I - 0 $99 - 9 9 ' - • 9 999 | - 9 Chubrln-aruhrt Coo, Ina 140 llighdand Ctreet Port Chester, Htiw Yora. 10573 9 Noveubnk 20, 1973 e991. I1 - I'..... 9 * 9.0 Attention; Mr., dwiu A. Zarnhart - . ,l resdmnt C0Ortloman: 9 9 ,4- ,.p - 4.- 9 -. 9' 9~ 99 $ 9YW ~'4. * ** ci.. -be * 4 .4 V - - 4 * **,* * ': 9. * .9 S 9'f*, 9 * S * S 9*.9 * ..- 9*4~~ 9 9. 99 9 9 9 * .s9 9 4 * 9 9.9~9 A * 1 * 1 ! 9. 9 99 Thin In in reply to your letter of Ajust 24, 1973,.to a Hoabet of he oSenate, which was forwarded to our Office, requeoting reon- .sideration of our decinlon, 1-178594, of August 39 1973, which denied your protest against the alloged restrictivo character of the specifi-W catio'no in invitation for bids (l) No, 65-73, issued by Sant SlizAbetho )opital, Department of Ualth, £ducation, and-Valfare Tha banis of your protest continues to be that the speciications used In the ZFB required the furniohing of a detention screen eonrtructcd with a bo.-typae franc, vwhilo your vcereen enploys the open channil noethod of construction, Only one company wanufactureo a screen with the box frame, Ifetal. Construction Services Corporation (HCSC), the only fim to uubmit a bid under the nolkcitation nnd the subsequent awardee. There- fore, you belivo the ospecification was redtrictive of copetition. In cur decision of August 3, we pointed out that the doterAntion of the actual needs of the Government rests primarily with the procuritg; agency and the record before our Office revbaled that in a prior procuvA- tent by the hospital, you had furnished the box-typo fr=a. For those reasons, ve concluded the spociflcatios %taro not restrictive. n y letter of August 24, 3973, requesting reconnideration, you utt at you loot money on the prior contract requiring tho box- type fr=a a. that when the recent IYB was slsued, you attemptod to have the apeoificaions changed but to no avail. Furthermora, you have told the hospital that your oc.eens eet the requircments but they ..conti u to use the box-typa apecificatiomos. V 9.... ' Our Office has abald that the Govnrnment may not be placed in the . * . . - • ,A ai•, , S - - •• , . , = - - ______________mof.*asuwiwj bidiltrstw eictateuspeiuttcattoa wch ifl pcrw& - 9 40 . ,9 9 9, . ° , ' . . . , , . . , - . : . . . l - ~ C - 9 4 U . . 9 . .* . . ~ 9. * :-: :'- ' - ..... ,* *. '.-__9 .:. . - l '), f' . .. .l._. ..JI /..., .. J ,. _ . ,.. . ., . __- .. .' . • * A 9, ae, a to* 9 9 Ira '.,4 jt p*, s ni 6p9 9 it. ..~ II 4 € o 0 . I v 9 4. • @ • i •

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