B-192399, AUG 21, 1978
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING OMISSION OF BID SAMPLE REQUIREMENT FROM SOLICITATION WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO INCORPORATE PROCURING ACTIVITY'S STANDARD BID SAMPLE REQUIREMENT PROVISIONS AND TO EXTEND BID OPENING DATE IS MOOT. THE SOLICITATION IN QUESTION IS FOR MOLDED PLASTIC DISPATCH CASES. WAS ISSUED ON JUNE 27. ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE SOLICITATION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO INCORPORATE THE PROCURING ACTIVITY'S STANDARD BID SAMPLE REQUIREMENT PROVISIONS AND TO EXTEND THE BID OPENING DATE. BECAUSE THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE MOOT. WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION IN THIS MATTER. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-192399, AUG 21, 1978
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING OMISSION OF BID SAMPLE REQUIREMENT FROM SOLICITATION WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO INCORPORATE PROCURING ACTIVITY'S STANDARD BID SAMPLE REQUIREMENT PROVISIONS AND TO EXTEND BID OPENING DATE IS MOOT.
AIRWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.:
AIRWAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (AIRWAY) HAS PROTESTED AGAINST SOLICITATION NO. BO/TC-T-00068 ISSUED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA).
THE SOLICITATION IN QUESTION IS FOR MOLDED PLASTIC DISPATCH CASES, WAS ISSUED ON JUNE 27, 1978, AND CALLED FOR BID OPENING ON JULY 27, 1978. AIRWAY TAKES EXCEPTION TO THE FACT THAT, CONTRARY TO GSA'S USUAL PRACTICE IN PROCURING DISPATCH AND ATTACHE CASES, THE INSTANT SOLICITATION DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT BIDDERS SUBMIT BID SAMPLES.
GSA HAS, HOWEVER, ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE SOLICITATION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED TO INCORPORATE THE PROCURING ACTIVITY'S STANDARD BID SAMPLE REQUIREMENT PROVISIONS AND TO EXTEND THE BID OPENING DATE. BECAUSE THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE MOOT, WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION IN THIS MATTER.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.