B-220957: Feb 7, 1986

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of its low bid for janitorial services for failure to acknowledge a solicitation amendment that incorporated an increased wage rate determination and corrected the number of exterior windows. The protester contended that its failure to acknowledge the revised wage rate determination was immaterial because, under a collective ba...

B-220957: Feb 7, 1986

BIDS - INVITATION FOR BIDS - AMENDMENTS - FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE - WAGE DETERMINATION CHANGES DIGEST: BID WHICH FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AMENDMENT REQUIRING UPWARD WAGE RATE REVISION WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE NOTWITHSTANDING FACT THAT REVISION WAS BASED ON REJECTED BIDDER'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. AWARD WAS MADE TO THE NEXT LOW RESPONSIVE BIDDER. ARGUES THAT ITS FAILURE TO ACKNO...