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B-187154 1 (1977-01-12)

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              FILE:        -187154              DATEt      .aW   72u,  ir

              MATTER   OF:      vere Supply Co.. Tue.


              DIGEST:

                      Where invitation did not follow the required
                      procedures for. a QPL procurement, and in fact
                      no QPL list exit :,d, and where bidders uight
                      have believed tP aselves.already qualified to
                      bid due to outdaed qualification lst cited
                      in invitation, which was in conflict with
                      specification in IFB, invitation wae properly
                      canceled in view of ambiguity which kept
                      bidders from coureting on an equal basis.


                  Invitation for bid. No. H85-0201-5793-O was-iuned by the United
             States Coast Guard Curtis bay Yard on June 134, 1976, for the prbure-
             Dent of 10 eight-man inflatable Life rafts in accordance with Department
             of Transportation (DOT), United States Coast Guard, Purchase Descrip-
             tic   E  40-72, dated March 31, 1972. The item was treated as a
             qualified product with the following pertinent qualified products
             clause language set forth in ths invitation:

                  B-10 QUALIFIED PROD CTS

                       NITH. ESPECT TOPRODUCTS DESCRIBED IN, THIS
                  INWITATIOK AS REQUIRING QUALIFICATIOI, AWARDS WILL
                  BE MADE ONLY. FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, AS FAVE, PRIOR TO
                  THE TINE SET FOR' OPENIG OF BTDS, BEEN TESTED AND
                  APPROVED FOR INGLUSIOflN THE.QUALIFIED PRODUCTS
                  IDENTIFD  BELOW.,   R MANUPACTUPRS WHO WISH TO HAVE.
                  A PRODUCT TESTED FOR QUALIFICATION ARE URGED TO
                  COMMUNICATE WITH' E OFFICER DESIGNATED BELOW.
                  * MAiUFACTURERS HAVING PROD/UIS NOT YET LISTED, BUT
                  nICH HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED,kARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT
                  EVIDENCE OF SUCH QUALIFICATION WITH THEIR BIDS, SO
                  THAT THEY MAY BE GI7EN CONSIDERATION.






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