B-222855: Aug 11, 1986

A firm protested the Army's rejection of its bid for microwave radio equipment as nonresponsive. The Army rejected the bid because it included unsolicited materials which qualified the bid. The protester contended that the Army improperly rejected its bid because the material contained a required warranty. GAO determined that: (1) the protester's submission of the unsolicited material did not rend...

B-222855: Aug 11, 1986

EXCEPT AS WARRANTY IN PREPRINTED TERMS AND CONDITION OF SALE MAY HAVE LIMITED THE PROTESTER'S OBLIGATION TO PERFORM. PROVIDED THE PROTESTER INDICATES ELSEWHERE IN THE BID THAT THE FORM IS SUBMITTED FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF DEMONSTRATING THE TERMS OF THE PROTESTER'S STANDARD COMMERCIAL WARRANTY. BID IS NONRESPONSIVE WHERE THE PROTESTER OMITS A PORTION OF THE BID PACKAGE AND INSTEAD SUBMITS A TYPE...