Protest against Rejection of Bid as Nonresponsive

The protester objected to the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive. If a bid is subject to two reasonable interpretations, under one of which it would be responsive and under the other nonresponsive, the bid must be rejected as ambiguous. Where a telex modification of bid prices does not indicate whether a qualification in the original bid price is deleted from the bid, the bid is ambiguous. A bid qualification violating the solicitation requirement for submission of a firm fixed price is nonresponsive.