B-183155: May 20, 1975

WHERE PURPOSE OF INVITATION'S DATA SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT IS TO ENABLE PROCURING ACTIVITY TO EVALUATE BID TO DETERMINE WHETHER MATERIALS PROPOSED BY BIDDERS FOR USE IN PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT CONFORM WITH GOVERNMENT'S STATED TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. FAILURE TO SUBMIT SUCH DATA WITH BID IS PROPER CAUSE FOR REJECTION INASMUCH AS REQUIREMENT RELATES TO RESPONSIVENESS OF BID AND NOT RESPONSIBILITY OF B...

B-183155: May 20, 1975

The protester objected to the rejection of its bid for failure to submit technical data. The bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive because the purpose of the required data was to enable the agency to determine whether the materials proposed by the bidders conformed with stated technical requirements. The protester's allegation that it was not required to submit test data for proposed material...