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B-191070 1 (1978-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgpj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I I 4/ C~!CISIO oaclulN'm ~%i i~j~.- THe OF I COMPTROLLER -HE LNITEfl W/ASHINGTON. GENERA AL STATESr D.C. 2054i tIli4ff I FILE: E-19lO7O MATTER O: DATE: fovember 13, 1978 Columbus Services Interntional DI3IM5T: 1. Bidder's failure to acknowledge mny not be ex'6used on basis that receive amendment from agency pr opening where evidence does not deliberate attempt by agency to from competition. IFS amendment bidder did not ior to bid indicate exclude bidder 2. Failure toacknowledqe'amenrlment containIng Service Contract Act'wage determiniation tenders bid nonresponsive since bidder is not obligated to pay prescribed rates notwithstardihg bidder may be aware of new rates prior to bid opening. Columbus Services Vnternational, Division of Servisco (Columbbs), protests ,te award of a contract to Reliance Electric Conipany, Haughton Elevator Division (laughton), under invithtion for bids (IFf) 03C8087701, i.sued by the.General'Services Acmihistration (GSA), Washington, D.C. The IFB called for elevator and escalator maintei'&;ce services for the automatic equip- ment located in LI., John Wesley Powell Building, Reston, Virginia, for a period of 3 years from the date specified in the notice to proceed. GSA contendsthht Columbus' bid is nonrespcdnsive for failuto to acknowledge receipt of Special Notice No. 1 which amended the IFB by incorporating a revised qnd higher minimum wage determination established by the Fepartment of Labor'bursuant to the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended, 41 U.S.C. S 351; et seq. (1970). Columbus c6ntends that it never received the Special Notice and that its failuri. to acknowledge the notice should not render its bid nonresponsive since Columbus otherwise indicatd its awareness of the accurate wage I an) 1~ I I ' A .- . I I bp I I

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