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B-205101 1 (1981-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjii0001 and id is 1 raw text is: () w Oil B-205101 ite Honorable United States Room 149 Borah Station Boise, Idaho November 9, 1981 James A. McClure Senator I)$ 4',& 83702 Dear tLenator McClures We refer to your-October 7, 1981 a etter on behalf of Dandelion Enterprises. Your letter refers to the protest filed by that firm and expresses concern over the use of a solicitation clauss which permits all or none bidding. On October 20, 1931, we issued the enclosed decision dismissing the protest because it was not filed within the time limitations preacribed by our bid protest pro- cedures. Those procedurew are published in 4 C.,F.R. part 21 (1981). We, therefore, never reached the merits of Dandelion's complaint. Nonetheless, we believe it is useful to point out that in normal federal procurenents for supplies or ser- vices, all or none bids are acceptable unless they are specifically prohibited by the solicitation. Hence, even in the absence of the specific provision that Dandelion questions, an all or none bid is normally acceptable. Presumably, there are economies of scale, even for small business bidders, which can result from all or noete bids. Conversely, unless prohibited by the volicitation, bidders run the risk in a multi-item procurement that they may be awarded something less than an economical quantity if they could not bid all or none in certain circumstances. Finally, we have no way to project an intelligent assessment of any increased cost to the Government which may result from an elimination of the opportunity for all *f.-*eQq * * *. * 0~~* 'I woo c2 oog).:C. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF Til UNITED STATES WASIOINGTON D.C. 34- -7 z eA C1& 4fl1 / 05 I v

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