A firm protested the rejection of its bid under a solicitation issued by the Army, contending that its failure to include a standard form that contained certain material provisions should not have rendered its bid nonresponsive. GAO held that the protester's failure to include the form did render the bid nonresponsive because the protester would not have been bound to the conditions contained in t...

IS NONRESPONSIVE SINCE BID DOES NOT INCORPORATE OR REFERENCE THE MATERIAL PROVISIONS OMITTED SO THAT BIDDER. JONES' BID WAS REJECTED BECAUSE IT DID NOT INCLUDE A SIGNED STANDARD FORM (SF) 21. JONES' COMMITMENT TO BE BOUND BY ITS BID WAS LACKING. JONES STATES THAT ITS BID WAS SUBMITTED ON THE BID SHEET PROVIDED WITH ITEMS DESCRIBED 1-17. CONTENDS ITS BID IS RESPONSIVE. JONES STATES THAT SF 21 WAS N...