A firm protested an Air Force contract award, contending that the Air Force should consider its low bid even though the bid was technically nonresponsive, since a mistaken price allocation caused the bid to exceed a statutory cost limitation. GAO held that the protester failed to prove its mistaken price allocation. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

BIDS - RESPONSIVENESS - PRICING RESPONSE NONRESPONSIVE TO IFB REQUIREMENTS - PRICING FORMULA DIGEST: A LOW LUMP-SUM BID FOR REPAIR AND MODIFICATION OF MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING UNITS THAT CONTAINS LINE ITEM PRICES WHICH EXCEED THE STATUTORY PRICE LIMITATION FOR SOME LINE ITEMS IS TECHNICALLY NONRESPONSIVE. ALTHOUGH THE BIDDER GENERALLY ARGUES THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE INTENTIONALLY SUBMITTED A NONRESPO...