B-204596, NOV 23, 1981
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING RESPONSIVENESS OF ONE FIRMS'S BID IS ACADEMIC AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WHERE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ANOTHER FIRM. SUBMITTED AN UNBALANCED BID WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. THE AIR FORCE HAS INFORMED US THAT MARK & MCMANN WAS THE SECOND LOW BIDDER UNDER THE IFB. THAT AWARD WAS MADE TO ANOTHER FIRM WHICH SUBMITTED THE LOW BID. SINCE THE CONTRACT WAS NOT AWARDED TO MARK & MCMANN. THE ISSUE OF THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THAT FIRM'S BID IS ACADEMIC AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-204596, NOV 23, 1981
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING RESPONSIVENESS OF ONE FIRMS'S BID IS ACADEMIC AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WHERE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ANOTHER FIRM.
MAJOR CONSOLIDATED, INC.:
MAJOR CONSOLIDATED, INC., PROTESTS THE RESPONSIVENESS OF A BID UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE'S INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. F08650 81-B- 0100. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT MARK & MCMANN, A BIDDER UNDER THE IFB, SUBMITTED AN UNBALANCED BID WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE.
THE AIR FORCE HAS INFORMED US THAT MARK & MCMANN WAS THE SECOND LOW BIDDER UNDER THE IFB, AND THAT AWARD WAS MADE TO ANOTHER FIRM WHICH SUBMITTED THE LOW BID. SINCE THE CONTRACT WAS NOT AWARDED TO MARK & MCMANN, THE ISSUE OF THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THAT FIRM'S BID IS ACADEMIC AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. GUPTA CARPET PROFESSIONALS, INC., B-204260, AUGUST 24, 1981, 81-2 CPD 172.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.