B-216746: Jan 17, 1985

A firm protested the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive. NIH rejected the bid because the protester did not offer to furnish the brand name product required by the solicitation. GAO noted that, since the bid clearly did not conform to the solicitation's requirement, it was properly rejected as nonresponsive. The protester's argument that the requirement res...

B-216746: Jan 17, 1985

THE BID WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. THAT THE BRAND NAME PRODUCT WOULD NOT MEET THE AGENCY'S NEEDS AND THAT THE SOLICITATION ALLOWED INSUFFICIENT TIME FOR BID PREPARATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE THEY INVOLVE ALLEGED DEFECTS APPARENT FROM THE FACE OF THE SOLICITATION AND THE PROTEST WAS NOT FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING AS REQUIRED BY BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. JENSEN'S BID WAS REJECTED B...