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B-184662 1 (1978-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgtb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 THE COIPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION, . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-184662 DATE: December 27, 1978 MATTER OF: United Power & Control Systems, Inc; Department of the Navy--Reconsideration rior decision's holdings--that (1) protester's d should not have been rejected as nonresponsive for failure to list three substations which per- formed successfully -within certain parameters, (2) solicitation was unnecessarily ambiguous, and (3) termination for convenience could not be recommended since contract was almost complete --ae affirmed. 23 &-laim for bid preparation and related costs is Ydenied, because, although protester/claimant's bid was arbitrarily rejected as nonresponsive, UpdT . a4enc- had reasonable basis to conclude that pros tester/claimant was nonresponsible; thus, protester/ claimant was not deprived of award to which it was otherwise entitled. ~k~rt- OtLvk The Department of the Navy and United Power & Control Systems, Inc. (United), requested reconsideration of our decision in the matter of United Power & Control Systems, Inc., B-184662, May 25, 1976, 76-1 CPD 340. In addition, United claimed bid preparation costs and costs incurred as a result of the protest, reconsider- ation and claim in the amount of $13,209.40. I. Background Invitation for bids (IFB) No. N62578-75-B-0123 expressed the Navy's requirement for eight electrical substations to be designed, manufactured, and delivered in accordance with the purchase description in the IFB. The Navy did not intend the purchase description to specify every detail of the required equipment, but only to establish minimum performance requirements. However, the Navy desired to ensure that this critical equipment would be professionally manufactured and timely delivered by a firm which would be capable

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