B-201484.3: Dec 21, 1981

A firm requested reconsideration of a previous decision dismissing its protest as untimely. The record showed that the firm had protested the award of a contract to any other bidder under an invitation for bids (IFB) issued by the Air Force, contending that the two lowest bidders were nonresponsible and that the awardee's bid was unbalanced, nonresponsive and constituted buy-in bidding. In its req...

B-201484.3: Dec 21, 1981

PROTEST BY THE THIRD LOW BIDDER ALLEGING THAT THE TWO LOWEST BIDS ARE NONRESPONSIVE. IS TIMELY. SUBSEQUENT PROTEST TO GAO WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF THE PROTESTER'S NOTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY'S DENIAL OF ITS PROTEST WILL BE CONSIDERED TIMELY. 2. CONTENTION THAT THE CONTRACTING AGENCY SHOULD NOT CONSIDER THE ALLEGEDLY NONRESPONSIVE LOW BID IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC BECAUSE. PROTEST ASSERTING THAT THE...