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B-189486 1 (1978-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfrc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \, THE DIMPTRLLWR1 GENERAL LECISICN / oF THR UNITPrJ BTATEB WASHINGTON. U.C. 2054 E FILE:B-189486 OATE: February 7, 1978 MPTTER OF: Hydro-Clear Corporation OIGEST: GAO will not consider complaint by proposed supplier to second low bidder under procurement funded by EPA grant against low bidder's responsiveness and responsibility. Complaint essen- tially invol'_s low bidder's subcontract award, and matter does not come within situations en-aerated in Optimum Systems, tnc., 54 Comp. Gen. 767 (1975), 75-1 CPD 166. Moreover1 legitimate recognizable interests in prime contract award are adequately protected by limiting parties eligible to request GAO review under Public Notice at 40 Fed. Reg. 42406, September 12, 1975, to firms that sub- mitted bids, none of which have expressed dissatisfaction with conduct of procurement. The City of Daytona Beach, Florida, issued an invitation for bids for a wastewater treatment plant to be funded by a 75-percent grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Bidders were to list on the bid form one or more suppliers for each element of t plant. The following appeared below the lines for th listings: Note: Descriptive literature concerning size, type, model, operating characteristics and efficiencies shall be submitted with tha bid on all items by manufacturers not narad in the specifications. Paragraph 23 of the specifications concerned a requirement for a tertiary filter system capable of treating 15 MGD of secondary waste effluent, with or without pre-t-reatment, under all of 14 listed con- ditions. The specifications did not name a manufacturer for that iten;. - 1-

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