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B-191163 1 (1978-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgdq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I I I J. Notroulos PL 2 THE COMPTROLLER ONRAL ?HETM UNIEC *¶¶TY.S WAS HINGTON, D.C. P-0548 FILE: 5-191163 DATE: Jun. 20, 178 MATTER OF: Savin Business Machines Corporation DIGEST: 1. Failure of successful bidder to submit with bid preventive maintenance plan, key operator instruc- tion plan, and samples of paper to be used with equipment for photocopying did not render bid nonresponsive since information related not to bidder's legal commitment to meet agency's needs, but to bidder's ability to perform, which may be determined on basis of information submitted after bid opening. 2. Sample requirement, although not generally imposed in connection with determining bidder responsibility, should normally be levied only upon bidder in line for award and not all bidders participating in pro-- curement when [equirement is imposed for that pur- pose. Savin Business Machines Corporation (Savin) protests the award of a contract to Saxon Business Products, Inc. (Saxon) under invitation for bids No. IFS 10-0011-8, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), John P. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The IFB set forth a copy purchase requirement for photostatic reproduction, and required the successful bidder to furnish the necessary equipment, sdpplies, arn maintenance to fulfill specified esti- mated monthly requirements for bond and electrostatic copies. The IFB specified that award would be made to the single responsive and responsible bidder offering the lowest per-copy price to the Government. Savin contends that Saxon's low bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive because it was not accompanied by all of the material specified on page 5 of the IPB, which as amended states in pertinent part:

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