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B-179008 1 (1973-07-25)

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                  COMFTROUJUR GLVNEWAL Or THlE UNITIED STAlES

                            WASIMtNGYOI4, DA .            -90548


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 5.L,01 Tab,)r Road
 Jtttsdelpbic, Ponnuyvania 19120

      Attentionv )W. R%1phbDuullic


      fleferertee Isrmnds, to rour telefax meusage, dated June 26, 1973%
 awd subsequent infornation flrnishod rtlative to your protest against
 the refusal of thu Veterona Administration to avnA4 a cotrtct to you
 under Jnvittion t or bds (nm) lo. k-4.

      The lM  requtwted bids for varicus dairy prvftew.i for the pe'riod
 3'Va y 1, 1973, through Jw 30, 1974. The products w ere olassified
 [ito 11 categories and 2 grops. Aards were to b   ode in the esn-
 gatsa by group to the mponcible bidder quoting the lcnemt aggreata
 prI, for nel Items in the gr,,up. The 1cnrtng,egate offeror wan to
 be detorrdned by multiplylg the unit prico on each fVfoM by the
 quantity specified in the fll ad addicg the exttnsior..

      Siz bids wore received in response to the o.tolitation. An
 obvious error uo noted in your bids The pricer for items 3 and 5
 Of p'oup I were for in excess of the regular pricea per gallon for
 atflk  It was saiued that you had entered a container'-pri e
 Itgted of the re Uim   ceilo&-price, .The contractina officer's
 staternt of Hay 2, 1973, sttee that it was not known, nor could
 It be duterulned from the bid, w,*thar yu wer quoting on a 5-gafloc
 zr a 6-cilon ctainer, aTh oY pernittod doltve'ry in elther esie.
 Inrepone to ai request for bid verification, y) u odvaise, that Tou?
 bid. prices on items 3 &nd 5 wun based an 6-r.ell(n ccontainer p'iceu.
 ?Urther yov advised.the contracting officer that you did not proces
 a 5-gallon ctainor. Thewvorkmneets fndchc. in sulpport of your
 Waim repeated the Gorent's estimted gallnb for the fteas
 twolved aind  i outed that the bid price. nmro ianed on 6-gallon
 omtainers. T hu, trc   the workaseets, It is atrent that your
 %adrrtanding of the GCometrt's estimttd requirvents vaa the
 swnea nprolVt   Sn te M. The error ocmr.rtd vheu ytrna   glected to
 twnee oPr m ntatwr Ir. to a gafc      .rice in th, .reVration of
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