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B-177723 1 (1973-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadow0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I T - COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TE UNITD STATES WASHINGTON. D.C U441 t %TI9 A-177723M ay 22, 1973 Hydro Fitting Hfg. Corp. P. o0 Box 3036 South El Monte, California 91733 Attontion: r eArnold C. Schwartz ?reuldtnt Centiemeni Raoference is made to your telegram of Ncember 27, 1972, protesting thn rejection of your low bids on certain threaded plugs for tubes in invitatiow for bids DSA70-73-Bm09C7 and .1026, issued by the Defense Construceion Supply Center, K . Co imbus, Ohio. Both solicitattone provided that uward would be nade only for end items that had been tested and qualified for incluuion on Qualified Products List (QL) 18280.21 by bid upenLfg. In the spaces provided in both bids for the nine of the item and the test number of the qualified product offered, you entered Plug and il-F-18280. You also statti that your plant ould be the place of manufacture. As you were not lisrtd on the qPL, the cottracting officer contacted the facility responsible for furnishing QPL information and was advised that you had taken no action to become qualified for listing. As a result, your bids ere rejscted am nonresponsive. You have protested against the rejection claiming (I) that the itemas nru simple machined part that should not have been procured on a QPL basis and (2) that in any event under our decision 11-169290. June I 1970, you should have been allowed to qualify for the tqL after award. With respect to the first contention, rection 20.2(a) of the Interim Bid Erotest Prncedures and StaAardsprovides that protests based upon alleged improprieties in solicitations which -.are apparent prior to bid opening shall be filed prior to the p' I I,' u_ /9 / k . , i C)'

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