B-209387: May 23, 1983

A firm protested the Forest Service's rejection of its bid issued under an invitation for bids (IFB) for a telephone switching system because it failed to include descriptive data which were required by the solicitation. Because the protester's bid included no literature describing the equipment proposed, and offered a system model that did not conform with solicitation specifications, the agency...

B-209387: May 23, 1983

DIGEST: ALTHOUGH DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE REQUIREMENT IN SOLICITATION WAS NOT AS PRECISE AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. AGENCY PROPERLY REJECTED BID AS NONRESPONSIVE WHERE BIDDER FAILED TO INCLUDE ANY OF THE REQUIRED DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE WITH ITS BID AND THE AGENCY COULD NOT DETERMINE THAT THE BIDDER WAS OFFERING A PRODUCT THAT CONFORMED WITH THE SOLICITATION'S SPECIFICATIONS. IT ARGUES THAT ITS BID WAS...