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8- * '..,,I COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE I U4ITE rSATF
. -WAISHIGTO. D.C. sO$40
U-178423 Ju 16, 1973
crl P. Dolven, aquirn
601 California Street
Suite 1204
Sn Francisco, California 94108
Dear Hr. bolvon:
This io in reply to youa'r letter of April 11, 1973, and
subsequent correspondence, proteotin; on behalf of Tranoport Tire
Co...any, Incorporated, against the auard of contrscts to to other
firr. under Invitation for bids (Irz) no. G*-09-.)l'-(P)-303 issued
by tilen Ioner.a1 tervice: AdinlstrtInttu (GSA), Sat Francisco,
California.
The coltetatiop, for m it doftnita requiraents tyra one-year
tor. contract for retralinq pneurntlc tires, rnquested prices for
v.z ious cotr:'.ortco of r.'rvrk In sevwernl gcoraphtcnl carvie crown
m'd proIda'd or ru].cJ.l' n'n rdn. ,Special Provinion '0 nt the IFf
required erch succesfu.. biddor to lilt sb-ccontractint to t;L :ort(
than 50 percent of the 'or): called for by tha cortrt. T'hrt pro.-
vision aloo celled for thc listing of sueontracturs in thu W4.
You claim 9t.ic the ofai).urn of two biddars tr re.v:ply idth the lista',
requreneat n-'.dors threJr bid; netrraponniva. Aard ha2 not boon
radi pending resolution of your protest.
The procurement file oho'o that the bid oubnittcd by !-Coy's
Super Trend Ti-.o Crpany does not contain any subcortrr.ctor litco-,
and that the atL.e of one subcontractor is included in the .&d of
fay Area Tire Corpony. You c ivnr that flay Arcu's llatcd cubeortreetor
rocrps only pnriac1r r.rao mnd thdt fay Area dooa not h.va the in-
house capabiiicy of partorr i'n, the renninder of thtor:or!: bid upon.
You further clat that beth bidders do not have tite capacity to pcr-
form 50 percent of the ,or; bid upo: or uon uhich they rinv bo the
loo. ?idder. You aRsort that the 50. 'itn-houro' lrule conranod in
the second pur..graph of Spocial Provision 1(;) notifies offirors
that a pa on objoctirv tne of rcsponsibility -ll be adopte.d and
that thlo cnverts :hot appeAro to La at Eira: rlauce a qu.stion of
rtaponatibility into a quantion of rc.r-onsivnean.' You soy thet. this
intarprotation is suppo'ctod by the ctatexent in the GSA report that a
contractor could be terinated for default I. LIt did not rhere to
the 50 percent subcontractim linItation. You claim that this state-
mnat indicets that ,Spec-ai Provision 10. uould be on ocanential
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