B-194154: Jul 9, 1979

SINCE IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT PROTESTER WOULD HAVE SUBMITTED WINNING PROPOSAL AND CONTRACTING OFFICER ACTED IN GOOD FAITH IN APPLYING ADVERTISING RULES. 2. NOT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN OFFEROR AND GOVERNMENT IN WHICH COMPETITIVE STANDING WITH REGARD TO PRICE IS NOT DISCLOSED. WAS ERRONEOUSLY REFERRED TO AS AN INVITATION FOR BIDS. AFTER THE DECISION WAS ISSUED. WE RECEIVED A FOREST SERVICE REPORT ON THE PR...

B-194154: Apr 6, 1979

BID OF $4200 "PER 12 MONTHS" IS REASONABLY SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION THAT BID IS CONDITIONED UPON PERFORMANCE FOR 12-MONTH PERIOD. WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. HAIDLE WAS ADVISED THAT AWARD OF A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4100 WAS MADE TO ANOTHER BIDDER. HAIDLE EXPLAINS THAT HER BID OF $4200 WAS BASED ON THE IFB AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED. HAIDLE'S BID WAS NONRESPONSIVE AND WAS PROPERLY REJEC...

B-194154: Apr 6, 1979

The Forest Service issued an invitation for bids for janitorial services for a period of 12 months, but subsequently an amendment shortened the performance period to 11 months. A bidder who had submitted a bid for 12 months asked the contracting officer whether it was necessary to indicate a price for the shortened period when acknowledging the amendment. As a result of the telephone conversation,...

B-194154: Jul 9, 1979

An offerer of janitorial services under a solicitation by the Forest Service, requested reconsideration of an earlier decision denying her protest against the award to another offerer on the grounds that her bid had properly been rejected as nonresponsive and that her price was ambiguous. The solicitation was erroneously called an invitation for bids in the original protest and decision, indicatin...