B-214779.2: Mar 22, 1985

The Navy requested reconsideration of a decision which sustained a firm's protest of the Navy's rejection of its low bid as nonresponsive. The protester had failed to receive a solicitation amendment which caused its bid to be incomplete. Although GAO initially held that the error should have been waived, the Navy provided sufficient evidence showing that the protester did receive the amendment. A...

B-214779.2: Mar 22, 1985

BIDS - INVITATION FOR BIDS - AMENDMENTS - FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE - ACTUAL NOTICE EFFECT DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION HOLDING THAT FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE FORMALLY A MATERIAL AMENDMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAIVED AS A MINOR INFORMALITY IS REVERSED ON RECONSIDERATION BECAUSE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE "CLEARLY INDICATING" THAT THE BIDDER RECEIVED THE AMENDMENT. DETERMINED THAT THE NAVY SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED...