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B-194523 1 (1979-08-02)

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                              THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
      DECISION        .       OF   THE   UNITED STATES
                             /WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548




      FILE:   B-194523              DATE: August 2, 1979

      MATTER   OF:    NGC Investment & Development
                      Corporation, d.b.a. Nieman Glass &
                      Paint
      DIGEST:                DLG  0-3?5


      1.   Protest that specifications were
           proprietary and in violation of
           Uniform Building Code, filed after
           bid opening, is untimely because
           these alleged problems were appar-
           ent from face of solicitation and
           protest based on such alleged defects
           must be filed prior to bid opening.

       2.  Protester alleged that awardee was
           permitted to modify its product and
           deviate from specifications, while
           protester's bid was not considered
           because of deviation. Agency has
           denied allegation and protester has
           presented no evidence to prove its
           allegation. Therefore, protester has
           failed to carry burden of affirma-
           tively proving allegation.

     NGC Investment & Development Corporation, d.b.a. Nieman
Glass & Paint (NGC), has protested the award of a contract
to Aluminum Marts, Inc., for window replacement at St. Paul
Island, Alaska, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. NASO-
279-00131, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

     'GC has alleged that t-h-e<pecifications are proprie-
tary  nd that'they do -ot meet the Uniform Buflding Code
(UB&Yprovisions  concerning emergency egress. NGC also
alleges that Aluminum Marts is now unfairly being permitted
to alter its window to deviate from the specifications,
while NGC's alternate bid was not considered, even though
it was low, because it deviated from the specifications.

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