https://www.gao.gov/products/440306

B-205634: May 7, 1982

BID IS AMBIGUOUS AND NONRESPONSIVE AS SUBJECT TO TWO REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS. RESOLICITATION IS NOT REQUIRED EVEN THOUGH PRIOR AGENCY CONDUCT MAY HAVE MISLED BIDDER INTO SUBMITTING THE NONRESPONSIVE BID. THE FIRM ARGUES THAT RESOLICITATION IS APPROPRIATE. CONCLUDE THAT THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WAS CORRECT IN REJECTING THE PROTESTER'S BID. THE PROTESTER ASSERTS THAT THE ABOVE NOTATION WAS NOT INT...

https://www.gao.gov/products/118327

B-205634: May 7, 1982

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive. The solicitation requested the submission of a firm-fixed price for providing VA beneficiaries nonemergency medical transportation services for 1 year. The protester submitted a bid indicating a set charge per mile and noted that the charge was based on a gasoline price not to exceed a set amount. The contra...