B-199416.2: Jan 19, 1981

A firm protested the award of an Army contract, contending that the awardee's bid should have been rejected because the awardee would suffer a substantial loss in the performance of the contract and that, therefore, the determination of responsibility by the agency was defective. GAO has held that the submission of a bid which a competitor feels is too low does not constitute a legal basis for pre...

B-199416.2: Jan 19, 1981

AS "DOMESTIC END PRODUCT" IS ONE MADE IN UNITED STATES IF COST OF ITS COMPONENTS MINED. SIGNED BUY AMERICAN CERTIFICATE WITH NO EXCEPTIONS IS NOT NECESSARILY INCONSISTENT WITH ANOTHER PROVISION IN BID WHICH INDICATES BID ITEM CONTAINS FOREIGN COMPONENT WHICH IS ONE PERCENT OF ITEM PRICE. 3. BID IS RESPONSIVE EVEN THOUGH BIDDER CHECKED BOXES NEXT TO STATEMENTS IN "USE OF GOVERNMENT PRODUCTION AND R...