A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for the renovation of buildings, contending that the awardee's bid should have been rejected because it failed to: (1) fill in the blanks provided for the total of additive items and the total of base and additive items; (2) provide a duplicate copy of its bid documents at the time of bid opening; and (3) initial changes in its bid. GAO de...

BIDS - RESPONSIVENESS - PRICING RESPONSE - MINOR DEVIATIONS FROM IFB REQUIREMENTS WHERE PRICES WERE PROVIDED FOR ALL ITEMS AND SUBITEMS ON A BIDDING SCHEDULE. THE FACT THAT THE CONTRACTING OFFICER HAD TO ADD THE INDIVIDUAL ITEM PRICES AND FILL IN THE TOTALS THE BIDDER HAD LEFT BLANK DOES NOT MEAN THE BID WAS NONRESPONSIVE AS THE BIDDER SHOWED HIS INTENT TO BE BOUND BY THE PRICING OF ALL ITEMS AND...