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B-190878 1 (1978-05-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfzh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: , 0,: ,V( , tI- -1*. . -- . - - J. Brosnan f,-11 * ',THE COMPTROLLER WIENERAL DECISION . . OP TM UNITED *TATUS r & WASHINGTON. D.C. U054U MILE: 8-190878 MATTER OF: DATE: My 4j, 1978 Ainslie Corporation DIGEST: 1. Abid in which prices are omitted is nonraes- ponsive and must be rejected except in limited circumstances where from other prices in the bid a consistent pricing pattern is discernible which establishes evidence of error and the intended bid. wtere bidder omits prices for last two itemd on IFB schedule, representing option quantities of similar pieces of equip- ment, no consistent pricing pattern is apparent and bid must be rejected. 2. Determtnationn that bid price, which is $271,000 greater than Government estimate and 34 percent above bidder's earlier price, is unreasonably high and that solicitation should be canceled are not unreasonable. Ainslie Corporation (Ainslie) protests against the proposed award of a contract to the Granite State Machine:Company, Inc. (Granite State) under IFB N00024- 77-B-7268 issued by the Washington Navy Yard, Naval Sea Systems Command. Ainslie maintains that Granite State's bid is nonresponsive because it contains no prices for option quantities. The subject IFB was issued on September 27, 1977 to procure 16 AN/BRA-34 combined communications mast antennas (6 AN/BPA-34(A) (model A) and 10 AN/BRA-34(B) (model B)), spare cableu and an option for 2 model As and 7 model as. The IPB required two prices, based on whether the first article test requirement could be waived, for Items 0001 (6, model A), 0002-(10, model B) and 0004 (spare cables). Items 0008 and 0009 for, 2 model As - 1 - I P I- I *1 I I -

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