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B-191442 1 (1978-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfwq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .6~ 4K CDMPCTROLLER t3IPIAL DECISION .E4,, .C F THE UNITEO UTATea W ASHINGTON, .C. C Oi40 FILE: B-1914 4 2 DATE: April ,, 1978 MATTER OF: Vermont Marble Company DIGEST: Protest alleging 'hat agency is per- mitting contracto to provide different variety of marble than specified in con- tract is dismissed, since whether material provided complies with requirements of contract and whether to permit contract modification are matters of contract administration which is primarily func- tion and responsibility of contracting agency and not for resolution under bid protest procedures. Vermont Marble Company (VMC) has protested an, alleged action by the General Services Administration (GSA) under a contract for construction of the Litter Hill National Biomedical Communications Center, Bethesda, Maryland. VMC alleges that GSA is permitting the, contractor to substitute a type of marble iifferert from the variety specified in the coutract. VMC argues that the substituted marble is less e>.peisive than the required variety and that th.s is unf&ir to other bidders. V Whether the material provired under a contract complies with the requirements of the contract is a matter of contract administration. Crowe Rople Company, B-187092, August 18, 1976, 76-2 CPD 174. Aso, the decision of whether to permit or request contract modificaticon is a matter of contract administration which is primarily the function and responsibility of the contracting agency. Kelly Services, B-182071, October S, 1974, 74-2 CPD 197. Matters of contract administration are not ordinarily for resolution under our bid protest procedures which are reserved for considering whethc an award of a contract complies with statutory, t gulatory and other legal requirements. Mustang ndustrial Cleaners, B-172531, March 5, 1976, 76-1 CPD 3.8, Cf. Brandon - 1-

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