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B-186790 1 (1976-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4:- 1\THE CCrV'iPTRCLL EV CZENIC-11AL. D1 E .,.I N j::d .i. OF THE UJITED STATES t/ W A S H I N G T 'CD N D. C 20 5 e E FILE: B-186790 DATE: September 1, 1976 MATTER OF: Marine Inventory Surveyors C 09 DIGEST: Inadvertent omissior of bidder from applicable bidder's mailing li-t is not compelling reason to cancel solicitation or question award when there I --dgnce of coacioL. or deliberate effort by procurement activity to preclude bidder from competing and adequate competition results in reasonable prices. Marine Inventory Surveyors (Marine) protests any award under invitation for bids No. N00600-76-B-0128, issued by the Naval Regional Procurement Office, Washington Navy Yard, and requests that the procure- ment be resolicited so that Marine might also bid. Marine states that it had been on the bidders' list of this procurement activity for many years, had completed several contracts of this type for the Depart- ment of the Navy (the most recent apparently being 1973 contracts), and has bid every solicitation it has had the opportunity to receive. It is stated that while on the bidders' list it submitted a bid on invita- tion for bids No. N00600-76-B-0002, issued by the Navy Purchasing Office, Washington, D. C. Notwithstanding, it was not sent the invitation for this procurement. It is believed by Marine that to allow it to bid is i7, the best interests of the Government because the more competi- tion the better the prices received. The invitation was issued on May 28,,1976, to 21 firms, whose names were obtained from the following five sources: 1. List 9901-1, Material Identification, Stock Numbering and Inventory Processing, from the activity's Official Commodity- Services Bidders' Mailing List; 2. A suggested bidders' list of the requiring activity; 3. A May 17 synopsis of the procurement in the Commerce Business Daily; -1-

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