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B-187207 1 (1976-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadegu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C)4/ )~rrFtt~k S- e THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIDN t* * VF ThE UNITED GTATE Li. WASHINGTON.L.C-. 5 4 8 FILE: B-137207 DATE: Yovember 17, 1976 MATTER OF: Quaker Business Associates, Inc. DIGEST: Where original bid opening was extended due to requests by several potential bidders and where through inadvertent mistake two bids were opened on original opening date a'd their prices disclosed, decision of contracting officer to cancel Invitation and readvertise was rot improper. Invitation for bids No. N00104-76--.0703 was issued to 17 firms by the Naval Ships Parts Control Canter. Because several firms requested that the May 11,, 1976, bid opening date be extended, amend- ment No. 0001 was isued to extend that date to May 26, Allegedly, throvh an internal distribution errir, thE Bid Opening Unit of the actiVity did not receive the amendmeit until after it had opened the two bids that had been received as of Mlay 11. Quaker Business Associates, Inc. (Quaker), submitted the lower of these two bids and protests the a;vents that followed this opening. After the h Id opening, the .ontracting officer determined That award should not be made to Quaker and that the invitation sbould be canceled pursuant to paragraph 2-404.1(b)(viii) of the Armed Services Procurement Regulation (1975 ed.)'so that more competitive bidding (since several other potential bidders had requested the exten- sion a reasonable expectation therefor was felt to exit) might be achieved on the procurement. Acu .gly, the :aquirement was re- solicited under invitarl.on for bids No. N00104-76-B-0874. As of the August 2 bid opening data, aight bids had been received. Of these bids, four contsined prices lower on all items than those of Quaker, which had submintted the seme prices it had originally bid; every bid contained pr.es for two iteTts lower than those of Quaker. The amount of bids and Vie ranges of the prices submitted arc felt by the agency to support th. contracting officer's determination to cancel the original invitation and readvertine so as to achieve maximum competi- tion. -,1 -

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