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B-139846, JUL. 14, 1959

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JR.: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR PROTEST AGAINST THE REJECTION BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OF YOUR LOW BID SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO INVITATION NO. 59-SI-755. INVITATIONS WERE SENT TO FIVE MANUFACTURERS AND THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AS FOLLOWS: TABLE ESTEY CORPORATION $13. OUR UPRIGHTS ARE OF ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION WHICH PROVIDE A NEATER APPEARANCE. OUR BASE BRACKETS ARE MADE OF TWO FORMED SECTIONS OF 16 GUAGE STEEL WHICH PROVIDE A ROUNDED EXPOSED EDGE. OUR BASE IS OF A ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION. " IS AS FOLLOWS: "UPRIGHTS SHALL CONSIST OF TWO 16-GUAGE CHANNEL SHAPES WITH STIFFENED FLANGES PLACED BACK TO BACK TO MEASURE 2 INCH SQUARE IN CROSS SECTION. EACH UPRIGHT SHALL HAVE NOT LESS THAN 8 RIGHT ANGLE B/E/NDS IN CROSS SECTION.

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