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B-189459 1 (1977-10-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfeg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I @'HE COMPTRCLLER GENERAL DECISION fOF THE UNIT1ED STATUS WAS HNOGTO N. D. C. 2054 8 O4 FILE: 8-189459 DATE: October 7, 197T MATTER OF: Tri-Com, Inc. DIGEST: Where tyographicsl error left uncertain whether product would satisfy Government's raquiroment, bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive. Tri-Com, Inc. protests the determination of the Department of the Air Force to reject all bids under IFS F40650-77-30027 for ar. anialog data acquisition system. The Air Force found that both of the bids received were nonresponsLve, and has decided that the procurement should be resolicited. It appears that the Air Force considered the Tri-Com bid,;to, have been nonresponsive for a number of reasons. Although Tri-Com taken exception to all of the grounds advanctd by the Air Force, it is not neceasar, that we reach or discuss all of the arguments presented, if, as explained below, che Air Force's position on any one is sustained. In this regard, in defining the characteristics of voltage controlled oscillators (VCO's), paragraph TP-5.1.5 of the solicitation required that, Subearrier total harmonic distortion shall be less than 0.5% uver the entire deviation runge of the VCO. Tri-Com proposed to meet the VCO requirement with its Model 416 Auto- Cal VCO. Its descriptive data sheet,included in its bid, stated as follows: Carrier Distortion: Total harmonic distortion is less than 0.5% over the full deviation band- width for deviations less than +17%. Tri-Com arserts that, The Model 416 specification contains an obvious typographical error, and should read for deviations less than 47%. It contends that the 17 percent figure is incompatible with its statement -I-

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