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B-210668 1 (1983-02-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkwy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED UTATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-210668 DATE: Februar 25, 1983 MATTER OF: Export Trade Corporation DIGEST: 1. In order to be considered filed within a reasonable time, complaints based on alleged improprieties in a grantee's solicitation which are apparent prior to bid opening must be filed in accordance with time standards established for bid protests in direct procurements. 4 C.F.R. S 21.2(b)(1) (1982). 2. Complaint alleging defects which are apparent on the face of a solicitation filed with the bid is not timely under our Bid Protest Procedures since it was not filed before bid opening. 4 C.F.R. S 21.2(b)(1) (1982). The Export Trade Corporation (ETC) complains against the award of a contract for water well drilling equipment for Somalia under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 649/005. This procurement was financed under an Agency for International Development (AID) grant, and this Office will review complaints concerning award of contracts under AID grants. See Peerless Pump Company, B-198180, August 19, 1980, 80-2-CPD 134. The procurement was conducted by the American Export Group International Services Development Corporation (AEGIS), as purchasing agent for Somalia. ETC complains that the IFB improperly restricted competition solely to Ingersoll-Rand products. ETC also argues that the procurement of the items solicited should have been divided into smaller procurements, which would have resulted in lower prices and savings which AID should want to encourage. ETC apparently timely submitted a bid dated October 20, 1982. Bid opening was October 29, 1982. In its bid, ETC offered Rockmaster, Inc., hammer bits, instead of those manufactured by Ingersoll-Rand which were required under the IFB. ETC stated in the bid that it did not understand why the specification was limited to Ingersoll-Rand. Also, it sent a letter to AID dated October 25, 1982, and one to e,),1( 4 7F

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