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B-184384 1 (1975-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadckz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,1LE R G~ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECI-S, N OF THE UNITLO STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ' cq -73 3Y FILE: B-184384 DATE: July 29, 1975 MATTER OF: Veterans Administration - Request for Advance Decision DIGEST: 1. IFB provision that successful bidder meet all requirements of Federal, State or City codes does not justify rejection of low bidder for failure--either at time of bid opening or award-- to have Certificate of Public Convenience called for by city ordinance since need for certificate under such general requirement is matter between city and contractor. 2. Equipment information intended to determine bidder capacity and ability to perform contract is matter of responsibility, not bid responsiveness, and such information may be submitted after bid opening. Baldwin Ambulance Service (Baldwin) has protested to the Veterans Administration (VA) the proposed award of a contract to Metro Medic Ambulance Service, Inc. (Metro Medic), the low bidder under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 423-15-76 issued by the VA, Jackson, Mississippi. The IFB was for furnishing ambulance service to beneficiaries of the VA for fiscal year 1976. The contracting officer has requested an advance decision as to whether Metro Medic can be considered a responsive bidder. Baldwin's protest is based on the fact that Metro Medic does not possess a Certificate of Public Convenience as allegedly required by the Code of Ordinances of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, and further, that Metro Medic, in its bid, did not list the vehicles it proposed to use, the location from which ambulances would be dispatched and the telephone number where calls for service were to be received. - 1 -

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