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B-196729 1 (1980-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiit0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF TME UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 * LNITOO FILE: B-196729 DATE: June 16, 1980 MATTER OF: Hotpack Corporation-Request for Reconsideration DIGEST: Prior GAO decision finding.protest untimely noted that amendment' issued only to two responding offerors considerably broadened field of competition by reducing definitive responsibility requirements. GAO stated that 19 nonresponding firms originally solicited might have responded with knowledge of change in responsibility requirements. However, we failed to consider limit- ing effect that solicitation's tech- nical requirements had on extent of competition. Therefore contracting officer had reasonable basis for not canceling and resoliciting because of admendment. Prior decision dismissing protest is sustained except for state- ment that consideration should have been given to resolicitation under reduced responsibility requirements. Hotpack Corporation (Hotpack) requests reconsider- ation of our decision in Hotpack Corporation, B-196729, April 2, 1980, 80-1 CPD 246, dismissing its protest con- cerning negotiated solicitation No. DADAl5-79-R-0042 issued by the Department of the Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In that decision, we found Hotpack's contention that the Army showed bias and favoritism toward Mid- Atlantic Laboratory Equipment Co. (Mid-Atlantic), the only other offeror, in waiving original solicitation requirements through amendments 0002 and 0003 was untimely filed and not for consideration. Our prior decision also noted Hotpack's assertion that the Army should cancel the solicitation and reissue a new one so that other suppliers could have the opportunity to

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