Rejection of Bid as Nonresponsive due to Failure to Acknowledge an Amendment to the Solicitation
B-189264
Oct 28, 1977
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The Forest Service requested an advance decision with regard to the rejection of the apparent low bid as nonresponsive due to failure to acknowledge an amendment to the solicitation. The bidder, not the agency, bears the risk of nonreceipt of amendments to a solicitation. Since the amendment constituted a material change in the original solicitation, failure to acknowledge the amendment cannot be waived, and the bid must be rejected as nonresponsive.