B-224803, OCT 6, 1986, 86-2 CPD 399
Highlights
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT BIDS BE REJECTED FOR FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEIR BIDS BE REJECTED FOR FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-224803, OCT 6, 1986, 86-2 CPD 399
PROCUREMENT - SEALED BIDDING - INVITATION FOR BIDS - AMENDMENTS - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DIGEST: WHERE BIDDERS DID NOT BID ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ENCOMPASSED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE SOLICITATION, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT BIDS BE REJECTED FOR FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT.
ANGLIN OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO.:
ANGLIN OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY (AOEC) PROTESTS ANY AWARD UNDER SOLICITATION NO. 7PSF-52797/P5/75B ISSUED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA). AOEC, IDENTIFIED AS BIDDER 6 UNDER THE SOLICITATION, ARGUES THAT THE BIDS SUBMITTED BY BIDDERS 19 AND 36 SHOULD BE REJECTED BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AMENDMENT NO. 0001.
GSA HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT BIDDERS 19 AND 36 DID NOT BID ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ENCOMPASSED BY AMENDMENT NO. 0001. ACCORDINGLY, SINCE THE AMENDMENT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE PRICE, QUANTITY, QUALITY OR DELIVERY OF THE ITEMS FOR WHICH BIDDERS 19 AND 36 BID, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEIR BIDS BE REJECTED FOR FAILING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AMENDMENT. SEE COLLEAGUE, INC., B-220200, NOV. 25, 1985, 85-2 CPD PARA. 598; FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION, 48 C.F.R. SEC. 14.405(D)(2) (1985).
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.