B-216987: Feb 7, 1985

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) contract award, arguing that it should have been awarded a contract for an alternate item for which it submitted the lowest bid and that additional work under another alternate item should have been contracted for separately. GAO held that, although the protester's cost for the alternate item was lowest, it failed to bid on the base contract and VA p...

B-216987: Feb 7, 1985

BIDS - RESPONSIVENESS - FAILURE TO FURNISH SOMETHING REQUIRED DIGEST: BIDDER'S FAILURE TO BID ON REQUIRED ALTERNATE ITEM WHICH WAS SELECTED FOR AWARD BY PROCURING ACTIVITY RENDERS BID NONRESPONSIVE. MAGNET ASSERTS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR ALTERNATE ITEM 2 AT $12. 850 AND THAT THE ADDITIONAL WORK UNDER ALTERNATE ITEM 1 SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED FOR SEPARATELY. THE LESSER AL...