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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


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    D-191146

MAY 3 1978


The Bonorable Clarence D. Long I
House of Representatives
200 Post Office Building
Cheraieahe and Washington Avenues
Towson, i.,aryland 21204         1

Dear .Mr. Long:      •

    Reference is made to your letter dated January 18,
1978, to this Office concerning tie statements made by
M&M Fuel Company, Inc. (!4&F) relating to the handling
of bids by the Defense Fuel Supply Ccnter (DFSC).

    .EM contends that DFSC is vlolating the rights of
small.businoss by accepting all;or none bids on line
itehas for fuel deliveries to Govprr.n:,nt installations
located in different states. Iti is N!.''s position that
such bids chould only be acceptei for deliverio to a
single installation thereby perittlng simall business
to effectively cop.pete. Purthert, M&NI rtates that the
couits have disapproved ofi/this type of bidding in Steuart
Petroleum Cormany, et nl.rv. UVnited stcztes of Pl-erica,
U.S.D.C. D.DUC., Civil '-ction  @. 77- 39I, October 1,
1977.

    1461s complaint pertains to   araqraph C95 of solic-
itation DSA00-77-B-0003 issued by DPSC for 1759 line
items covering deliveries of fuct for installations located
in Delavt re, Indiana, x'entucky, hiarylcand, Ohio, Tennessee,
Virginia, 1:;est Virginia and the bistrIct of Columbia for
period co;nmencing August 1, 1977 through July 31, 1973.
This procurement war not set aside for small business.
M[&M submitted bids on 62 line it::ns and was awvaded a
contract for 13 line itenis for $ 46,647.


    Paraqraph C95 encouragc bidf
gate or *tie-in basis with othc
licitatlon. These line iteis rep:
fuel in each of the designated ar
that this cau.e does not discr4f
business but assists the Governn:
leum products at the lowest costL


ers to bid on an aggre-
line items in the so-
resent deliveries of
cans. DP4C maintains
inate a'ainst small
nt in obtaining petro-


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