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B-190572 1 (1978-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfwe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -7, ~tlE CcRMPTRDLLEI. GET4ERAL nE r21 1a0N tsa 'IF THEa UNITED STATM29 V AS HINGTON; C.C, 2054 9 PU.E: B-190572 LJATE: March 30, 1978 MATTER OF: Armor Elevator Cnmpany, Inc. DIGEST; 1. Protest filed more than 10 days after bid opening is not untimely where protester knew of grounds for protest only after it learned of award to competing bidder. 2. Failure of bidder to complete bid appendix by listing minority manpower utilization goals doen not make bid nonfenponsive where bidder signed appendix and placed notation on cover of appendix that it planned to fully comply with Affirmative Action Plan provisions, which under circumstances is viewed as constituting commitment to such provisions. Armor ElevatoL Companye Inc, (Armor) of Louis-- ville, Kentucky, through its counsel, protests the award of a contract by the public Buildings Service, General Services Administration, laqion 3 (GSA), to Warfield & Sanford, Inc. (warfiel1) to replace ele-- vators and do associated work at he Home Owners Loan Corporation building in Washingtca, D.C., under invi- tation for bids (IFB) number GS-00B-02722. Warfield was the low bidddo at $623,975 and Armor was next low at $645,885. The IFB required each bidder to complete an oppendix to Standard Form 21, Bid Form (Construction Contract), containing an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP). The AAP eet forth in the appendix was the Vashington Plan, a mandatory plan imposed by the Department of Labor (41 C.F.R. Part 60-5 (1977)). The appendix listed the various trades which were cover ! by the Washington Plan and required a bidder to indic .e on the appendix its goals for minority manpower utiA:Lzation in the

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