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B-190707 1 (1978-06-19)

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 DECISION                OF   THE   UNIE6O    STATES
                         WAUHINUTON. 13.C. 20045M



FILE:    B-190707              DATE:  June 19, 1978

MATTER   OF:   Stauffer Construction Company, Inc.


DIGEST:

    By listing itself or another firm for each
    category of work specified on subcontractor
    listing form, bidder submitted a responsive
    bid.  Further IFB requirement that certain
    work listed on subcontractor listing form
    be performed by specialist provides no basi3
    for agency's determination that bid was non-
    responsive where bidder completed subcontrac-
    tor listing form.  Matter referred to agency
    for further administrative action.


    Stauffer Construction Company, Inc. (Stauffer) pro-
tests the rejection of its low bid by the General Serv-
ices Adminisetration (GSA) under Project IDC-61180 for
the restoration and renovation of the winder Building
in Washington, Do C.

    GSA sustained, in part, a protest by Grunley-Walsh
Construction Company, Inc. (Grunley-Walsh), t)$- second
low bidder.  GSA.agreed with Grunley-Walsh that, Stauffer's
bid was nonresponsive to the IFB requirement that the
fabrication and installation of wood door and gypsum
plaster work be performed by specialists.  The protester
believes its bid was responsive ad5 was improperly
rejected and has requested contract termination and            *
award to it or bid preparation costs for what it views
to be GSA's arbitrary rejection of its bid.

     The IPB required each bidder to furnish with its
bid the name and address of the sub ontractor which
would perform e'ach of certain specifihd categories of
work.  If a specified category was not to be performed
by subcontract, as was stauffer's intention as 14'-he
wood door and plaster work, the bidder was to list its
own name for that category.  If a category was to be

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