B-195445:
Oct 29, 1979
A firm protested that it had inadequate time to prepare a bid and asked that the contracting agency extend the bid opening date. The invitation for bids (IFB) specified July 11 as the bid opening date, but an amendment to the IFB contained an error stating August 11 as the bid opening date. On July 3 the agency telegraphed a correction to the prospective bidders affirming July 11 as the bid openi...