B-187148: Dec 15, 1976

SPECIFICATIONS FOR ONE OF SEVERAL ADDITIVE ALTERNATES WERE AMBIGUOUS. AGENCY'S DETERMINATION TO AWARD BASE BID WITHOUT AMBIGUOUS ALTERNATE IN ORDER TO AVOID PREJUDICE TO BIDDERS WILL NOT BE QUESTIONED. SIX BIDS WERE RECEIVED BY BID OPENING ON JULY 27. 487 ATTACHED TO THE LOUGHMAN BID WAS A SUPPLEMENT TO ALTERNATE NO. 1 (SUPPLEMENT) WHICH READ AS FOLLOWS: "IF G.F. * * * ARE ACCEPTABLE DEDUCT THE SU...

B-187148: Dec 15, 1976

A company protested a contract award to a competitor for work in the new District of Columbia Superior Court Building. The solicitation provided that the base bid would be awarded with or without alternatives. Specifications for one of several additive alternatives were ambiguous. Agency's determination to award base bid without ambiguous alternate to avoid prejudice to bidders will not be questio...