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B-150871, APR. 30, 1963

B-150871 Apr 30, 1963
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INC.: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 9. WHEREIN IT WAS HELD THAT THE BID OF LITE INDUSTRIES. SUBMITTED UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. 600-273-63 WAS NOT A RESPONSIVE BID AND COULD NOT PROPERLY BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD SINCE THE BID DID NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON WHICH GUARANTEED SHIPPING COSTS COULD BE ESTABLISHED. IT IS URGED THAT THE DECISION IS NOT CORRECT IN CONCLUDING THAT IN SETTING FORTH THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT WEIGHT OF 21 POUNDS YOU DID NOT INTEND THAT SUCH FIGURE ACTUALLY DID "INCLUDE THE WEIGHT OF ANY INTERIOR PACKING AND THE CONTAINER. " AND THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY FURTHER DATA IT MUST BE PRESUMED THAT SUCH FIGURE CONSTITUTED THE GROSS INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT OF THE ITEM AND WAS INTENDED TO BE USED AS SUCH IN BID EVALUATION.

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B-150871, APR. 30, 1963

TO LITE INDUSTRIES, INC.:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF APRIL 9, 1863, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION OF MARCH 27, 1963, B-150871, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, WHEREIN IT WAS HELD THAT THE BID OF LITE INDUSTRIES, INC., SUBMITTED UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. 600-273-63 WAS NOT A RESPONSIVE BID AND COULD NOT PROPERLY BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD SINCE THE BID DID NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON WHICH GUARANTEED SHIPPING COSTS COULD BE ESTABLISHED.

IT IS URGED THAT THE DECISION IS NOT CORRECT IN CONCLUDING THAT IN SETTING FORTH THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT WEIGHT OF 21 POUNDS YOU DID NOT INTEND THAT SUCH FIGURE ACTUALLY DID "INCLUDE THE WEIGHT OF ANY INTERIOR PACKING AND THE CONTAINER," AND THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY FURTHER DATA IT MUST BE PRESUMED THAT SUCH FIGURE CONSTITUTED THE GROSS INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT OF THE ITEM AND WAS INTENDED TO BE USED AS SUCH IN BID EVALUATION.

YOUR BID WAS INTERPRETED ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION ACTUALLY SET FORTH THEREIN AND NOT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN INTENDED THEREBY. WE CANNOT AGREE THAT THE 21 POUNDS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 4A OF THE TRANSPORTATION DATA SHEET SUBMITTED WITH THE BID MUST BE PRESUMED TO HAVE CONSTITUTED THE GROSS WEIGHT OF THE ITEM WHEN IT IS BELIEVED THE BID ITSELF INDICATED OTHERWISE. WE HAVE RECONSIDERED THE MATTER AND FIND NO BASIS TO MODIFY THE CONCLUSION REACHED IN THE DECISION OF MARCH 27, 1963.

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