https://www.gao.gov/products/124142

B-212781.2,B-212781.3: May 15, 1984

Two firms protested a Department of Education contract award for word processing systems. The first protester contended that its low bid was improperly found to be nonresponsive. GAO found that a number of the mandatory requirements of the solicitation were either understated or ambiguous, but that the protester failed to meet at least one clearly stated material requirement. Therefore, GAO did no...

https://www.gao.gov/products/484423

B-212781.2,B-212781.3: May 15, 1984

CONTRACTING AGENCY'S REJECTION OF BID AS NONRESPONSIVE IS PROPER. INDICATES THAT SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. BID NEED NOT BE REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE IF THERE ARE OTHER INDICATIONS IN THE BID ITSELF THAT THE BIDDER INTENDS TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS. BELIEVES THAT ITS LOW BID WAS IMPROPERLY FOUND NONRESPONSIVE. WHILE SYNTREX INCORPORATED ARGUES THAT COMPUCORP'S SECOND-LOW...