B-202178: Mar 4, 1981

A university protested the rejection of its unsigned bid for a food service contract. The university argued that its failure to sign its bid was simply an oversight and that its bid should have been accepted as it had performed several similar contracts for the agency and the award would be favorable to the Government because of its prior experience. GAO concluded that the rejection of the bid was...

B-202178: Mar 4, 1981

DIGEST: PROTEST OF REJECTION OF UNSIGNED BID IS SUMMARILY DENIED SINCE PRIOR PERFORMANCE BY PROTESTER ON SIMILAR CONTRACTS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO INDICATE COMMITMENT TO PERFORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. THIS CASE FALLS WITHIN THE AMBIT OF OUR DECISIONS WHICH HOLD THAT WHERE IT IS CLEAR FROM THE PROTESTER'S INITIAL SUBMISSION THAT THE PROTEST IS WITHOUT LEGAL MERIT. WE WILL DECIDE THE...