B-208263: Dec 27, 1982

A firm protested the rejection of its low bid as nonresponsive to a solicitation issued by the Agricultural Research Service for an ultracentrifuge. The protester submitted descriptive literature for three models but failed to identify which model it proposed to supply. The protester argued that the contracting officer could have inferred which model was being offered, because only one model met t...

B-208263: Dec 27, 1982

WHEN A BID IS AMBIGUOUS AS TO WHAT THE BIDDER INTENDS TO OFFER. THE BID IS NONRESPONSIVE AND MUST BE REJECTED. 2. BIDDER'S FAILURE TO INDICATE WHICH OF THREE MODELS IN DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE IT WAS PROPOSING TO SUPPLY WAS NEITHER A MERE "INCONSEQUENTIAL DEFECT" UNDER FPR SEC. 1-2.405. THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO THE ONLY OTHER BIDDER. NEITHER THE DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE NOR ANY OTHER DU PONT BID MA...