B-221962: Apr 9, 1986

A firm protested an Army contract award for the installation of automatic emergency power switches, contending that the insertion of a missing page in solicitation packages after the solicitation was amended was improper and prejudicial to it and other potential bidders. GAO noted that: (1) when the protester notified the Army that a page was missing from the solicitation's technical specification...

B-221962: Apr 9, 1986

IS DENIED. THE SOLICITATION WAS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 30. EDMONDS TELEPHONED THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST TO INFORM HIM THAT A PAGE WAS MISSING FROM THE SOLICITATION'S TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. SO THAT SIX BIDDERS WHO WERE PROVIDED SOLICITATIONS AFTER JANUARY 7 RECEIVED CORRECTED COPIES WITHOUT AMENDMENT 0001. INITIALLY WERE DECLARED NONRESPONSIVE BECAUSE THE FIRMS FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AMENDMENT. WAS...