B-163828, AUG. 23, 1968
B-163828: Aug 23, 1968
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SECRETARY: ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF OUR DECISION OF TODAY TO FERMONT DIVISION. WE ARE CALLING THIS MATTER TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVISABILITY OF REVISING PARAGRAPH 1-322 OF THE ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION TO COVER SITUATIONS WHERE THE PLANNED PROCUREMENTS FOR PROGRAM YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST YEAR ARE CANCELED AFTER THE OPENING OF BIDS BUT PRIOR TO AWARD.
B-163828, AUG. 23, 1968
TO MR. SECRETARY:
ENCLOSED IS A COPY OF OUR DECISION OF TODAY TO FERMONT DIVISION, DYNAMICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, DENYING THAT FIRM'S PROTEST AGAINST ARMY'S AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR GENERATOR SETS TO ONAN DIVISION OF STUDEBAKER CORPORATION. AS STATED IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF THAT DECISION, WE ARE CALLING THIS MATTER TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVISABILITY OF REVISING PARAGRAPH 1-322 OF THE ARMED SERVICES PROCUREMENT REGULATION TO COVER SITUATIONS WHERE THE PLANNED PROCUREMENTS FOR PROGRAM YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST YEAR ARE CANCELED AFTER THE OPENING OF BIDS BUT PRIOR TO AWARD.