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EJATE: September '3


MPrTIER  OF: Office & Interior  Furnishings


DIGEST:


Wheremanufacturer's   product is identcal  to pro-
duct:I10ffcred by dealers under different labols or
   S1'fferent packages, award of only one FSS Supply
. 'Whedule Contract for that product is reasonable
4xercise of GSA  administrator's authority under  40
U.S.C.  481 to prescribe pulicies for economic  and
efficient procurement.

Fact  that only one contract will be awarded  for
the product  of a particular manufacturer does  not
of  itself prevent nmal  business concernf; from
receiving  a fair share of Govc'rnment's contracts
under  set-aside program or from competing  on
on equal  footing with large business concerns


    Office & Interior Furnishings  protests under
invitation for bids  (IFB) No. PPIIO-P-29818-1-18-78
issued by the Federal Supply  Service (FSS), General
services Administration  (GSA), Washington, D.C.

    So far as is pertinent  hero, the solicitation calls
for bids to provide  for one year the typewriter ribbon
requirements of various  Government agencies under  a mul-
tiple award schedule  contract.  After issuance of  the
solicitation, FSS  notified the protester that not more
than one award  for identical items would be-made  in con-
nection with  this procurement.  This notification was
issued pursuant  to I'SS Procurement LetFcc No. 240,
August 5, 1977 which,  in part, reads as follows:


 5A-73.303-3


Identical products


(a)  Normally, a multiple  award Federal
Supply Schedule contract  for a specific
product shall be entered  intc with only
one contract source.   [or example, if the
item is contracted  for with a manufacturer,
the same  item shall not be contracted for


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