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B-186590 1 (1976-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadegw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GONIMRAL DECISION OF THE UNITED BTATES WASHINGTDk.N, 0.0 C,0054a FILE: B-186590 DATE: November 17, 1976 MATTER OF: Hendricks ,rinting Company - Request for Reconsideration DIGEST; 1. Allegation that dollar an.ount of work orders under prior contract--as indicated in cost data shown to protester by agency at bid protest confereice--demonstrates that solicita- tion's quantity estimates were inaccurate is not timely objection when first presented in request for reconsideration of decision denying protest. Data referred to was never made part of written protest record before GAO, as protester's written comments submitted after conference neither mentioned dollar figure rtor indicated that GAO should obzain referenced data from agency for inclusion in written zecord. 2. Under Federal Procuremenit Regulations, signing of contract may be deemed to be affirmative determination that prospective contractor is responsible with respect to contract involved. Also, GAO no longer reviews affirmative determinations of responsibility except for circumstances not prevailing in present case. 3. Decisions relied on by protester did not demonstrate how pxesent case would not come within general rule applied in unbalanced bidding cases--i.e., that mathematically unbalanced bid may be accepted if agency, upon examina- tion, believes solicitation's estimated quantities are reason- ably accurate representation of actual anticipated needs. On reconsideration, decision which denied protest against accep- tance of mathematically unbalanced bid is affirmed. Hendricks Printing Company (Hendricks) has requested reconsid- eration of our decision which denied its protest against the Govern- ment Printing Office's (GPO) acceptance of an unbalanced bid (Hendricks Printing Company, P-186590, September 7, 1976, 76-2 CPD 224). - 1--

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