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B-187071 1 (1977-02-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadecn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: V-4 %0. 0 THE COMPTROLLER SWNERAL . j . .CF THE UNITED ETATES . . . WABHINGTDN. 0. C. 90548 DATE: February 17, 1977 Sentinel Electronics, Inc. DIGEST: Claim for proposal preparation costs based on contention that claimant was unreasonably in- duced to submit useless proposal is ,denied, since inducement is due in part to inadvertent misleading statement in RF? and claimant was on notice of restrictions on competition and possibility that alternate proposals might not be accepted. Prior to the closing date for offers, Sentinel Electronics, Inc. (Sqntinel), protested under request for proposals (RPP) DAAA21-76-R- 0503, issued by Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. The RFP solicited proposals for 280 Zlystron power supplies 2A2, part number 10543336, in accordance with a tcchnlcajl data package dated June 23, 1976, attached to the RFP. The power supply supports a radar syatem. The genesis of this protest is the 'predecessor procurement for the same items--RFP -0031. After Sentinel lodged a protest with our- Office that the specificatione were ambiguous and unduly restrictivE of competition, RFP -0031 was cancelea to effect what was termed by the Army as major design changes to the technical data package. i Thereafter, the instant RFP was issued. Sentinel disputed the propriety of two provisions in The first concerned the caution to biddcc:: Due to the delivery schedule sez forth herein, only items previously qualified for use shall be furnished. - 1- the new RFP. U DECISION FILE; B-107071 MATTER OF:

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