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B-208964,B-208964.2 1 (1983-03-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkxa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-208964, B-208964.2 DATE: March 1, 1983 MATTER OF: National Labor Relations Board - Request for Advance Decision; Acme Reporting DIGEST: Company, Inc. IFB for transcription services was not worded so as to obligate any bidder to provide copies of transcripts to the public; nevertheless, procuring agency apparently intended to require contractor to provide this copy service. Consequently, the entire procurement should be resolicited unless the procuring agency, itself, intends to provide this copy service. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) requests an advance decision concerning the propriety of rejecting the apparent low bid of Acme Reporting Company, Inc. (Acme), submitted pursuant to invitation for bids (IFB) No. 83-B-100, for verbatim reporting and transcription services. Acme has also filed a protest against the rejection of its bid. The NLRB rejected Acme's low bid because of the company's alleged unreasonable price for copies of transcripts sold to the public, the price of which was not to be evaluated in determining the low bidder. The protester and the NLRB devote considerable argument to the issue of Acme's price to the public. Nevertheless, we do not need to discuss this issue because we conclude that the NLRB--contrary to its apparent intent--failed to write a requirement into the IFB that would obligate the contractor to furnish copies of transcripts to the public. In prior years under similar NLRB contracts, the contractor furnished copies of transcripts to the public. Indeed, it was the apparent intent of the NLRB to so word the present IFB that the contractor would be required to c50 9Z 51

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