B-212610: Jan 9, 1984

A firm protested a contract award by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to a sole bidder under an invitation for bids (IFB) for jet aircraft blast fencing. The firm argued that it was unfairly excluded from the competition because it did not receive notice of the IFB and did not see the misclassified announcement in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). The firm also contended that it could have met...

B-212610: Jan 9, 1984

AN AGENCY NEED NOT RESOLICIT EVEN THOUGH A POTENTIAL BIDDER WAS UNAWARE OF THE SOLICITATION BECAUSE THE BIDDERS MAILING LIST ON WHICH ITS NAME APPEARED WAS LOST AND THE AGENCY ALLEGEDLY MISCLASSIFIED THE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY NOTICE OF THE PROCUREMENT WHERE THE PROTESTER FAILS TO SHOW THAT THE AGENCY DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTED TO EXCLUDE IT FROM THE COMPETITION AND WHERE. ALTHOUGH ONLY ONE BID WAS R...