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B-195009 1 (1980-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadibe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-195009 DATE: March 5, 1980 MATTER OF: Alderson Reporting DIGEST: Award may be made under ambiguous IFB where record shows that pro- tester was not misled, Govern- ment's actual needs would be met, and other bidders would not be prejudiced. Alderson Reporting (Alderson) protests the award of a contract for reporting and transcribing services to Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (Ace-Federal) under invitation foTr htid -OB) No. D/L 79-7 issued by the Department of Labor (DCL). Alderson contends / at the soiciTation contained-conflicting provision with respect to whether the contractor would be per- mitted to sell cQpies of transcripts to the public, which substantially affected the firm's bid prices. For the reason set forth below, the protest is denied. Basis for Protest The solicitation was issued on May 8, 1979. Article II, the Schedule of Services/Prices, listed six items, A through F, each involving services for public hearings, conferences, or meetings in different locations, for which a bidder was to enter a price per transcript page; Article VIII gave estimated num- bers of pages for each item. All item descriptions included a statement that copies of any transcripts prepared may be sold to the public. Bid prices were to be weighted according to prescribed factors cor- relating to the percentage of the total work that each item represented. The weighted prices were to be added together and award was to be made on the basis of the low cumulative weighted price. Alderson protests that Articles XIII and XIV of the IFB conflict with each other. The former provides: x11

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