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                   DATE:   Janry  18# 197

Acme Paper & Supply Co., Inc.;
Van Brode Milling Company, Inc.


  DTGEST:


1.  Where IFB soliciting brand name or equal product goes
    beyond make or model of brand name and specifies particular
    features, a ich features must be prenumed to have been regarded
    as material and essehtial to the needs of the Government.
    Preducts offered which do not meet particular features specified
    in IFB are ineliRible for contract award.

2.  Fact that one or wore improper awerdsmay have been made in
    the past under specifications similar, to those in immediate
    IFB would not justify repetition of same error.


    The  District of Columbia Government (Distrizr) iisued invitation
for bid (fF4) 0460-AA-73-l-6-KN for a-term contract to furnish food
service disposals to various District depactments and agencies. Bids
fore opersad on July-19; 1976. Fike bids and bid samples. (required
for evaluation to determine compliance with all characteristics listed
in thoIFB) were  raceived on aggregate group items 31 tihrough 36. The
net total of the Ltids received were as follows:


Thrifty .P'per Co., Inc.
Kahn Paper `o., Tnc.
Nationwide Papers
Crown Supply Inc.
    Alternate bid Itea 36
Acme Paper & Supply Co., Inc.


$187 146.50
180204.09
160,418.65
170,i24.32
155,669.12
141,654.21


     Acme Paper & Supply Co., Inc. (Acme), the low bidder, has protested
 the award of the contract to Crown Supply Inc. (Crown). Van Brode
 Milling Company, Inc. (Van Brode), also protests the award'to Crown.
 Acme submitted a bid on aggregate award items 3136 to supply Van
 brode products. Thus, Van Brode is an interestt' v'rty.

     Acme's low bid was rejected because a sample knife included-with
other Acme samples was not the knife specified in Acme's bid.







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