https://www.gao.gov/products/439330

B-218064: Feb 1, 1985

WHEN THE BID IS ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER DOCUMENTATION SIGNED BY THE BIDDER WHICH CLEARLY EVINCES THE BIDDER'S INTENT TO BE BOUND. GSA WAIVED THE FAILURE TO SIGN THE BID AS A MINOR INFORMALITY BECAUSE THE BID WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE IFB. WILTON ASSERTS THAT THIS WAIVER WAS IMPROPER. A BID WHICH IS NOT SIGNED MUST BE REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE BECAUSE. WE HAVE RECOGNIZED AN EXCEPTION T...

https://www.gao.gov/products/126138

B-218064: Feb 1, 1985

A firm protested the acceptance of an unsigned bid by the General Services Administration and contended that the agency had improperly waived the failure to sign the bid as a minor informality when the bid was accompanied by an amendment which the bidder had signed. A bid which is not signed must be rejected as nonresponsive unless the bid is accompanied by other documentation signed by the bidder...