https://www.gao.gov/products/440567

B-202172: Jun 9, 1981

DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST REJECTION AS NONRESPONSIVE OF QUALIFIED BID IN WHICH PROTESTER JUSTIFIES QUALIFICATION ON BASIS OF AMBIGUITIES IN INVITATION FOR BIDS AND INCONSISTENT INFORMATION RECEIVED IS DENIED. BID WHICH DOES NOT OFFER TO PERFORM SERVICE AT FIRM FIXED PRICE REQUIRED BY SOLICITATION IS NONRESPONSIVE. TO EXTENT PROTEST IS AGAINST IMPROPRIETIES APPARENT IN SOLICITATION. IT IS UNTIMELY AN...

https://www.gao.gov/products/115457

B-202172: Jun 9, 1981

A firm protested the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive by the Navy. The single fixed-price solicitation was for the repair of an electrical distribution system. A portion of the work involved the relocation of three oil-cooled transformers. Because of the possibility that the oil in these transformers might be contaminated with a cancer causing agent, the contractor would be required to test t...