B-199706: Feb 5, 1981

A firm, which submitted the lowest bid on a contract by offering a Canadian product as the equal of the brand name, protested the award of the contract to the second low bidder. The second low bidder represented that it was a small business concern and that it offered supplies manufactured by a small U.S. business concern. Since the firm submitting the low acceptable domestic bid represented itsel...

B-199706: Feb 5, 1981

DIGEST: BID WHICH OFFERED "DELIVERY - 75-90 DAYS ARO" WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE WHERE IFB REQUIRED DELIVERY WITHIN 75 DAYS AFTER AWARDEE'S RECEIPT OF CONTRACT. THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR BIDS RECEIVED WAS SUBMITTED BY ASC. GOFF REPRESENTED THAT IT WAS A REGULAR DEALER IN THE SUPPLIES OFFERED. THAT IT WAS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN AND THAT IT WAS OFFERING SUPPLIES MANUFACTURED BY A SMALL BU...