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B-205246.2,B-205246.3 1 (1982-08-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: , \T COPIIPTOL2R GEoVEnAL 0EC I3IDN F F THF UN IED STAT ES 13 SA S H WA I NGT 0 0 N D.C 208413 FILE: 9-205246.2, B-205246.3 DATE: August iS, 1952 MATTER OF: Mitchell Construction Company, Inc. Bill Strong Enterprises, inc,--Request for Reconsideration DIGESF: 19 Prior decision holding that solicitation provision required that award be mado to the low aggregate bidder is affirmed, 2. The deterolnotion to terminate an improperly awarded contract involves among other things consideration o thie seriousness of the pro- curerient deficierncy, the degree of prejudice to the Integrity Of the competitive system and the extent of performance. GAO affirms prior recornendation to terminate contracts awarded under solicitation in view of fact that the preservation of competitive system outweighs the impact of the termination costs of the contractors who have not begun performance. Mitchell constru.tion Company, Inc. (Mitchell), and Bill Strong Enterprises, Inc. (DSEI), request reconsideration of our decision in Northeast Construc- tion Company, 61 Comp. Gen. (B-205246, April 1, 1982), 82-1 CPD 293, in which-wo sustained Northeast's protest against the award of separate contracts tp those firms under invitation for bids (IFB) No. F0865- 81 fB-0174, issued by the Departme4t of the Air Force. Ie affirm our prior decision. The F13 sbliited a base bid for replacement of windows (item 0001) and'rehabilitatioi of kitchens and bathrooms (item 0002) In specified housing units and included five deductive bid Items decreasing the number of units in which rehabilitatIon work would be done. Paragraph 10 of the IB standard .orma (SF) 22 advised that the Government might accept any item or U combination of items. Paragraph 34 called for awarC to the low aggregate bidder for the fIrst base bid '4 * item minus those deductive bid items providing tbe miiost work within available funding. 1 ,',flr., -* . . .. .. . . .. .........*** I . .. . -: -' ' ... . U.. ..... ...C .p.p •r :,,,. :. : .. ..

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