B-185945: Jun 29, 1976

AS THERE IS NO SHOWING IN RECORD THAT EITHER BASIC OR OPTION QUANTITY PRICES IN LOW BID WERE NOMINAL. RECORD INDICATES GOVERNMENT HAS KNOWN REQUIREMENT FOR OPTION QUANTITY AND IS REASONABLY CERTAIN FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO EXERCISE OPTION. MATHEMATICALLY UNBALANCED BID MAY BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE MATERIAL UNBALANCING (REASONABLE DOUBT THAT AWARD WOULD NOT RESULT IN LOWEST ULTIMATE COST) IS NOT PRESE...

B-185945: Jun 29, 1976

A company questioned whether another offeror's bid was materially unbalanced and nonresponsive. The offeror's bid prices were not mathematically unbalanced, and there was no evidence that the prices were nominal, enhanced, or did not represent the cost of work plus profit. A protest alleging that a specification in the solicitation was ambiguous and misleading was untimely since it was not filed u...