AWARD TO LOW AGGREGATE BIDDER WAS UNJUSTIFIED WHERE A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER BID ON ONE SCHEDULE WAS REJECTED. AWARD: AWARD WILL BE MADE TO THE LOW RESPONSIVE. & C IF SUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EACH OF THE THREE PROJECTS. * * * IF THE AMOUNT OFFERED. THE COMBINED SCHEDULE WILL NOT BE AWARDED AND ONLY THEN WILL BIDS ON INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULES BE EVALUATED. IF INDIVIDUAL BIDS ARE EVALUATED. THEN A...

A firm protested the award of schedule A under an Army Corps of Engineers invitation for bids (IFB). The IFB established three schedules (A, B, and C) and a combined schedule for three separate construction projects at an Air Force base. It provided that award would be made to the low, responsive, responsible bidder on the combined schedule if sufficient funds were available and permitted separate...