Protest Against Rejection of Bid as Nonresponsive

The protester objected to the agency's rejection of its bid as nonresponsive for failure to comply with the specified bid acceptance period. The solicitation contained a provision in Standard Form 33 permitting bidders to insert an acceptance period of less than 60 days with a notation to "See Page C-8" typed at the end of the provision, and page C-8 contained a provision stating that bids offering less than a 60-day acceptance period would be rejected as nonresponsive. The bid offering a 30-day acceptance period was properly rejected as nonresponsive, and it could not be corrected after bid opening since it was nonresponsive as submitted.