B-189142: Aug 3, 1977

WHERE BID IS SUBJECT TO TWO REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS. NOTATION IN BID "BRICK ALLOWANCE $135/1000 * * *" IS SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION THAT FIRM FIXED PRICE IS NOT CONTEMPLATED AND BID PRICE IS SUBJECT TO FUTURE INCREASED COSTS IN BRICK PRICES AND SUCH BID MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED. 2. WHERE TELEX MODIFICATION OF BID PRICES DOES NOT INDICATE WHETHER QUALIFICATION IN ORIGINAL BID PRICE IS DELETED FROM...

B-189142: Aug 3, 1977

The protester objected to the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive. If a bid is subject to two reasonable interpretations, under one of which it would be responsive and under the other nonresponsive, the bid must be rejected as ambiguous. Where a telex modification of bid prices does not indicate whether a qualification in the original bid price is deleted from the bid, the bid is ambiguous. A bi...