B-183797: Mar 16, 1976

PROTEST REGARDING PROPRIETY OF GOVERNMENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE BID IS UNTIMELY SINCE BID WAS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION AFTER BID OPENING AND PROTEST WAS NOT RAISED WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF THE BASIS FOR PROTEST. THAT IS. THE BRAND NAME ITEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SANSTORM MANUFACTURING COMPANY (SANSTORM) MODEL NO. THE FIVE BIDS RECEIVED WERE BASED ON VARIOUS OFFE...

B-183797: Mar 16, 1976

The protester objected to the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive and to the acceptance of the awardee's bid as responsive. The agency properly rejected the protester's bid since neither the list of accessories contained in the bid nor the bidder's accompanying descriptive literature indicated that a required accessory would be furnished along with the machine offered by the bidder. The protest...