B-186413: Aug 4, 1976

IS PROPER SO LONG AS THERE WAS NO CONSCIOUS AND DELIBERATE EFFORT ON PART OF CONTRACTING AGENCY TO EXCLUDE BIDDER FROM COMPETITION. THE LOW BID OF CDS WAS REJECTED FOR FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE IFB. AMENDMENT NO. 1 WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 11. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY. THE RECORD INDICATES THAT CDS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL MAILING LIST F...

B-186413: Aug 4, 1976

The protester objected to the rejection of its low bid as nonresponsive for failure to acknowledge receipt of an amendment to the solicitation, stating that it never received the amendment. The rejection of the bid for failure to acknowledge the material amendment to the invitation for bids was proper so long as there was no conscious and deliberate effort on the part of the contracting agency to...