https://www.gao.gov/products/127554

B-219317.2: Jul 31, 1985

A firm protested the Defense Logistics Agency's rejection of its bid as nonresponsive, contending that: (1) it indicated in its bid that it was a small business; (2) the bid listed its own plant as the place of performance; and (3) the certification that not all supplies would be produced by a small business was an apparent error that it should have been allowed to correct. GAO noted that the cert...

https://www.gao.gov/products/450080

B-219317.2: Jul 31, 1985

BID ON A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE WHICH INDICATES THAT ALL SUPPLIES TO BE FURNISHED WILL NOT BE THE PRODUCT OF SMALL BUSINESSES MUST BE REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. SINCE IT IS CLEAR FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY JGB THAT THE PROTEST IS WITHOUT LEGAL MERIT. JGB CHECKED THE BOX INDICATING THAT IT WAS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN. A RESPONSIVE BID IS ONE THAT. WILL OBLIGATE THE CONTRACTOR TO PERF...