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Protest of Navy Contract Award

B-201389: Mar 25, 1981

A firm protested the cancellation of an invitation for bids (IFB) and the agency's proposed award for the service under a revised IFB. The protester claimed that a contract by estoppel was formed between itself and the agency after bid opening on the first solicitation. The protester also claimed that the second solicitation should have been canceled because the unit prices used to compute its bid...

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B-201389, MAR 25, 1981

B-201389: Mar 25, 1981

GOVERNMENT IS NOT ESTOPPED TO DENY EXISTENCE OF CONTRACT BECAUSE RECORD DOES NOT SHOW THAT CLAIMANT REASONABLY RELIED ON GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIONS IN QUESTION OR THAT CLAIMANT WAS EXCUSABLY IGNORANT OF TRUE FACTS. 2. PROTEST OF AGENCY'S FAILURE TO CANCEL SOLICITATION ON BASIS THAT LOWEST BID WAS EXCESSIVE COMPARED TO GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE IS UNTIMELY SINCE IT WAS NOT FILED WITH GAO WITHIN REASONABL...

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