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B-208279 1 (1983-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkze0001 and id is 1 raw text is: T 7 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ECISION .OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 20548 FILE: B-208279 DATE: March 29, 1983 MATTER OF: Evans Engine and Equipment Co., Inc. DIGEST: Cancellation of a solicitation by grantee because erroneous oral advice was given to one of the bidders was proper exercise of discretion where grantee determined that erroneous advice precluded effective competition. Evans Engine and Equipment Co., Inc. complains of the rejection of all bids received for a front end loader under a solicitation issued by the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska and Juneau's readvertisement of the requirement. This procurement was partially financed by a grant from the Federal Aviation Adminis- tration (FAA). Evans, the low bidder, contends that Juneau rejected all bids and readvertised the require- ment without any change in the specifications, because Evans did not offer the brand of front end loader the grantee wanted. We have no reason to object to the actions taken by Juneau or FAA's concurrence with those actions and deny the complaint. On March 1, 1982, Juneau solicited bids for a motor grader, jet broom and front end loader. At the April 14 bid opening, Juneau received six bids for the front end loader and two each for the motor grader and the jet broom. The grantee subsequently discovered that before the opening of bids, its purchasing agent had erroneously advised one of the bidders--N.C. Machinery Company--that a 5 percent evaluation preference would be given local bidders. Had this preference been applied, N.C., a local firm, would have been the low bidder on this item. Otherwise Evans would be low. The grantee determined that since all bidders were not given the same information, it would be unfair to award a contract for the front end loader under this solicitation and it recommended to the FAA that all of the bids for this item be

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