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B-177476 1 (1973-05-14)

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                C0ld PROLVEfl GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                          WAUIIINQTOH. D.C. b0548


1117076                                        my ik, 1973



Jntz Supe'rdyne, I=
Po.. Box 15
OCttabera, flee Jersey  07093

     Attertiwn    re. Oscar O. s'tein
                 Xkreidcpt


     Refcrencw is mad  to your letter of Tebruery 8, 1973, Ar pnior
correupridcnce, protesting againat a  awa   being msd under solicitau
tier No. flP'MOOC-,-19367-Nefl22m72, tsud by te General Berlces
Adeinistrat:on (O).

     The so2citation reiulted trcn the cence atioa of two prior
so3cit~tOn v, r~IKI{;--w19367-Am7ft6m72 and FPiOKe-Ce9Y37e--lOl9,72@
The solicitation covered the requirente of the Federa Supply
Schedule for draftir end precisiuia instnmts for the period Noves.'
ber 1, 1972, or dato of ovard, to October 31, 1973, or a n t o.b. denti-
nation bas tar In reaose to the original olicitatixa, TPGG-P-19367-
A=7-6-72, 16 bids  ere received. After the bids were opined, the
contracting officer wan notified by the Inventory Man.ement Office
tat an error bad ben made i.L the prepartion of the solicitation in
that it did not reflect tha correct quantities for the varim  delivery
deottnotions. ILizd on this infomatioc the contr&nting ofticer ueter-
mino4 it would be in the beat interest of the Government to no award
the entire a ol3eittica*  The revised solicitatiou (FPll-C-19367-PA-10-
19w72) anw itied on Stptember 29, 1972.   &i October 19, 1572, the 12
bid received in respocae to the September 29, 1972, olicitution were
opcned. Sabniequent to this opaning, UA cnnductcd a price (ne3y$cis to
determine it the bids iore reaa:ble. Thianlyiis intlicctl that
dur&w  the m'rlod trom Otober 1971 to September 1972 tUare wa a 2-
percct inerease in the price of plastics and met land a 28wp rcent
incrtase inpakoCLng, packin and tranoportatix    costa   OA dtternine4
that an incxree exneedina 30 percent of the ourrest contract price would
be excensive.

     Iuad co the a'ove snelynis, 03  rejected 53 of the .58 item tbid as
ben pr.ec'I c xernvelv, A.1 1of the rer.rdincr .trnv. ,ere airri' . th
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