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[Protest Alleging Forest Service Improperly Refused To Accept Application for Oral Bid]

B-214035: Jan 24, 1984

A prospective bidder on a timber sale protested that the Forest Service improperly refused to accept his application for an oral bid and did not hold the sale at the location specified in its notice. The auctioning officer noticed that the protester's sealed bid did not include any price. Therefore, this bid was rejected as nonresponsive and the officer refused to let the protester participate in...

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B-214035, JAN 24, 1984

B-214035: Jan 24, 1984

IF NO HIGHER BIDS WERE FORTHCOMING AT ORAL AUCTION. WHEN IT IS CLEAR FROM A PROTESTER'S INITIAL SUBMISSION THAT THE PROTEST IS WITHOUT LEGAL MERIT. GAO WILL NEITHER REQUEST AN AGENCY REPORT NOR HOLD A CONFERENCE ON THE PROTEST. VALENTINE ALSO OBJECTS TO THE FACT THAT THE SALE WAS NOT HELD AT THE PLACE STATED IN THE NOTICE. WHICH ADVISED HIM THAT EVEN THOUGH FAILURE TO FILL IN A BID PRICE MAY HAVE...

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