B-212880: Oct 4, 1983

An individual protested the qualifications contained in a Forest Service solicitation for seed cone collection. The protester argued that the qualifications resulted in the third lowest bidder's receiving the award for the second item in the solicitation. The protester also complained that the qualifications did not adequately address themselves to the solicitation. GAO held that, since the protes...

B-212880: Oct 4, 1983

DIGEST: TO EXTENT THAT PROTEST IS AGAINST SOLICITATION PROVISION WHICH IMPOSED QUANTITY LIMIT ON AWARD UNLESS BIDDER OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. PROTEST IS UNTIMELY. TO EXTENT PROTEST IS AGAINST FOREST SERVICE'S REJECTION OF PROTESTER'S BID ON ONE ITEM. REJECTION WAS PROPER SINCE AWARD OF THAT ITEM WOULD HAVE EXCEEDED QUANTITY LIMIT IN ITS BID. " THE ONLY IFB QUALIFICATION WHICH HE DISCUSSES IS FOUND ON...