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B-190973 1 (1978-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfyp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DP 'T. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OEC13ION 0. 2 THE UNITED STATES WA8HINGTON. D.C. 205458 FILE: 8-190973 DATE: April 20, 1978 MATTER OF: Dash Metal Products Co., Inc. DIGEST: Protest calling for cancellation and readvertisement of procurement because of agency's failure to provide copy of solicitation, thus preventing protester from bidding, is denied where ftlure was inadvertent, there was significant rffort to obtain competition, reasonable prices were received, and there was no evidence of deliberate or conscious ef- fort to preclude ;rotester from tidding. Dash Metal Products Co., Inc. (Dash), has protested any award of a contract for line items 1-38 (paper towel and toilet paper dispensers) under invitatini for bids (IFB) No. 7FP-W-51623/ 3X/7AV, issued by the General Services Adminis- tration (GSA). Dash, a previous supplier, did not receive a copy of the IFB and, thus, was unable to bid. Dash requests that the solicitation be canceled as to these items an.. readvertised. The solicitation was issued in November 10, 1977, and the procurement was synopsized in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) on November 11. The solicitation was sent to 125 prospective bidders, and 10 bids were received. According to GSA, Dash had been on the hand list of prior contractors and bidders, but was inad- vertently not transfarred to the mailing list. More than one bid was received on 120 of the 144 line items and all line items protested by Dash, with the exception of item 27. GSA has determined that the price received for item 27 ($9 each) was reasonable based on the facts that the last b for the item from Dash for a contract beginning Augui: 16, 1977, was $8 each; that there has been price inflation since then; -- II

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