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B-213327.2 1 (1984-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL >JA O I18ION .'OP THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-213327.2 DATE: February 13, 1984 MATTER OF' Flexfab, Inc.--Reconsideration DIGEST: Request for reconsideration which contains information previously considered is denied. Flexfab, Inc. (Flexfab), requests reconsideration of our decision in Flexfab, Inc., B-213327, December 16, 1983, 83-2 CPD 701. The request for reconsideration is denied. Flexfab had protested that Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) invitation for bids (IFB) No. DLA700-83-B-1304, issued for air duct hoses, an item on a qualified products list (QPL), was ambiguous because the IFB coversheet indicated that a differential would be added to the bid of any bidder who did not indicate that it would perform in a labor sur- plus area (LSA) and provision L29a(e)(iii) provided that no differential would apply for an item contained on a QPL. We denied the protest because we found that while the solicitation was confusing, it was not ambiguous. We noted that a solicitation must be read as a whole and, if pos- sible, effect must be given to each clause of the solicita- tion. We applied this rule and concluded that the cover- sheet stated the general rule for LSA procurements and pro- vision L29a(e)(iii) stated the exception which applied when the solicitation requested an item on a QPL. Flexfab now claims that we did not consider the fact that the person who prepared the IFB coversheet checked the box which indicated that the procurement was a total LSA and wrote by hand the QPL number. Flexfab contends that this indicates that the person preparing the IFB knew that the item was on a QPL, yet still thought that bids would be sub- ject to the LSA differential. Flexfab concludes that this factor demonstrates that the IFB was ambiguous. Our Bid Protest Procedures require that a request for reconsideration specify any error of law made or information not considered in the previous protest. 4 C.F.R. § 21.9(a) (1983); Martin Machinery Company--Reconsideration, B-211677.2, July 13, 1983, 83-2 CPD 88. Our decision in

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