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B-176704 1 (1973-01-08)

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                ,LEA                                                    237
                COMPTROLLER GENERAL. OF THE UNITED STATES
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 201548




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     Attention.: Mr. Charlea Munoz
                 presid t

Gentlemen

     B3y telegrem daited August 7, W9(27 and mxbsequaeut cc-rre2pade:re,
you protested the awaxd of a, sinlxe year cmtract to Teledyne Tahn
Enginering (Brvw) under mztitiyn  invitation tor bids (ff) DAMflo-
12-DaO782,p on the gzowd that the U.,AX     ivsele 0cnwan& (MYccM)
did not enmToy the loest avalab      tfn.sgporton rate in ita evalu-
ation or your bi. it is your contention that eompitation of the
transportatio  charges utiling the rates offend b-y $ilhlweat %ix1Il
4azwntrate its bid on the nunti-yaar basis --a It.   Southwest also
protests the Insuawe of the In wiVnt *estientioM of Mfl buai-
maostos or m iority owned fuzs. $ tsgtlnst further aUg .en that Brown's
bid vex a bw-inM in ctentnflttion ai the Armed Servtn Prome-unt
b~gulattn  aud that Bronm eonW re to rostrict tonpetition by    aquest-.
lng eertain muectorators not to quote rate* to aw otr firm.

     For reasons to be stated,: we ecncde tint the contrat wvarded
browu vas uat t2egl   obeetio }e s, coneq*at1y, the protest in
denied.

     Tbo fFB required bids for wtntmm/* a   = qpntiti e of bflt!tic
aerial targets (SATS) for the  .att-ky ar req(iDr~nnt0 for fical --par
(FY) 73 tb cugh Vn-76, as nfl af o the firat Mrgrm year (n73)
alln. k ricow; wit also rertuiftd for v wrt ineilar Wzrfusse items,
tiob ccnprtsed a minor Vortion of the ovevall price and naight oftheVi
SAW. The FB appre4.d bidders that bifs       tUI be evaluated to deter-
mite the lowest ovtrafl 4ost to the Gcvtznt for both tlhe firat
program year reqgyamint aton and the nnlti-yr requftwnt, taklmtu,
into a4ount the transpo*ti(om    osts to the Over=zent farz Wint, of
orisln to Poeblo Asy Dewt, Color.o, fOr the wimm' quntltles-
ta ezelusiye or option quantities.-

     Bidders w reaired to state the gwrantoed mum=rz ;utippA3
wtaigt -and dimenas am agre to I coatnot price refuotion SA the





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