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B-189676 1 (1977-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfnf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TPIE COMPTROLLER4UNEA CECISICIll .F THE UNITED STATRS WASHINGTON, D.C. 9054 FILE: 8-189676 DATE: December 2T, 1977 MATTER OF: Idaho Forest Inastries, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Cancellation and readvertising of t.mber sale contract is not required where pro- tester disagrees with Forest Service solici- tation provisions but does riot show them to be either unreasonable, unduly restrictive or in violation of applicable st3tute or regulations. 2. Cancellation of timber sale contract was not required, even though solicitation contained inadvertent discrepaacy in staking specifica- tion since specification does not appear to be essential to sale, and mere utilization of ambiguous specifications does aot require can- cellation where protester knew of proper speci- fication prior to opening and award will serve needs of Governrent. The subject protest concerns the Purest Service Upper Emerald Timber Sale, contract No. 70777-4, which pertains to the sale of timber on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. The sale proposal contained an estimated 27,930 M board feet of tinber. There were two bidders, Diar.nd International Corporation and Potlatch Corporation, with the Potlatch Cor- poration being the high bidder and receivinq the award. Prior to bid opening, the protester, Idaho Forest Indus- tries, Inc. (IFI), complained to the Forest Service about certain aspects of the solicitation. IFI contended that: (1) the length of the contract, 6-1/2 seasons, was too restrictive for a sale of such magnitude; (2) because of this ttune restriction, the Forest Service, either inten- tionally or unintentionally, would not be required to make a stumpage rate redetermination after the first 5 years; - 1 -

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