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B-191655 1 (1978-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgjr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Be1916155 LE~tDNU=FIAL. ram S TATU3S D.C. 20540 EJATE: September '3 MPrTIER OF: Office & Interior Furnishings DIGEST: Wheremanufacturer's product is identcal to pro- duct:I10ffcred by dealers under different labols or S1'fferent packages, award of only one FSS Supply . 'Whedule Contract for that product is reasonable 4xercise of GSA administrator's authority under 40 U.S.C. 481 to prescribe pulicies for economic and efficient procurement. Fact that only one contract will be awarded for the product of a particular manufacturer does not of itself prevent nmal business concernf; from receiving a fair share of Govc'rnment's contracts under set-aside program or from competing on on equal footing with large business concerns Office & Interior Furnishings protests under invitation for bids (IFB) No. PPIIO-P-29818-1-18-78 issued by the Federal Supply Service (FSS), General services Administration (GSA), Washington, D.C. So far as is pertinent hero, the solicitation calls for bids to provide for one year the typewriter ribbon requirements of various Government agencies under a mul- tiple award schedule contract. After issuance of the solicitation, FSS notified the protester that not more than one award for identical items would be-made in con- nection with this procurement. This notification was issued pursuant to I'SS Procurement LetFcc No. 240, August 5, 1977 which, in part, reads as follows: 5A-73.303-3 Identical products (a) Normally, a multiple award Federal Supply Schedule contract for a specific product shall be entered intc with only one contract source. [or example, if the item is contracted for with a manufacturer, the same item shall not be contracted for r 9 N. * *-7.*4 - 4 U q. .7 N tai I I j I I I, or. OF THE utIIf 40 WAn HIONG 'IONs oz w FILE: 1 0 2. I j j , I p I n.j 3', I.'. I I Mir) /- i N c.978