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B-190993 1 (1978-09-11)

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FILE: B-190993                DATE: September 11, 1978
MATTER  OF:   Washex Machinery Corporation

DIGEST:

     GAO will not diaturb solicitation where
     aqencyshows  that reasonable basis exists
     for limiting solicitation to pass-through
     washer-extractors and evidence does not
     indicate that pass-through equipment
     exceeds Government's minimum needs.
     Washer Machinery Corporation (Washex) protests
 the award of any contract for laundry equipment under
 the Veterans Administration (VA) solicitation No.
 M2-14-73. The essence of Washex' protest is that by
 specifying only oae type of washer-extractor, VA has
 unduly limited competiti.on by excluding the type of
 machine manufactured by Washex.

     Four bids were received in response to the subject
 IFB. Two bids, including one from the protester, were
 determined to be nonresponsive. One of the two respon-
 sive bidders has been determined to be a large business
 and thus ineligible for this procurement, which was set-
 aside for small business.

     VA specified pass-through washer-eXtractors for
 its hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This equip-
 ment is loaded on one side and is unloaded on the other.
 Such equipment, when installed in a wall or partition
 between two rooms, allows the loading o! soiled laundry
 in one room and the unloading of clean laundry in the
 adjacent room.

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