Bid Alleged To Be Nonresponsive for Failure To Complete Appendix

A company protested that the awardee under a solicitation was nonresponsive for failure to complete a required appendix listing minority manpower utilization goals. The protest, which was timely because the protester knew of grounds for protest only after it learned of the award, was denied because the successful bidder met affirmative action provisions by signing the appendix and attaching a notation that it planned "to fully comply" with the provisions.