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[Protest of Any Navy Award for Cleaning and Custodial Services]

B-223300: Jun 24, 1986

An incumbent contractor protested any award to a lower bidder under a Navy solicitation for custodial services, contending that each of the lower bids was nonresponsive because its own price was the absolute minimum cost of providing the required services. GAO found that: (1) submission of a below-cost bid was not an adequate basis for bid rejection; (2) the protester's allegation that the lower b...

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B-223300, JUN 24, 1986, 86-1 CPD 588

B-223300: Jun 24, 1986

BIDS - PRICES - BELOW COST - EFFECT ON BIDDER RESPONSIBILITY DIGEST: A BELOW-COST BID IS NOT NONRESPONSIVE. THE AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF WHICH WILL NOT BE REVIEWED ABSENT A SHOWING OF POSSIBLE FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON THE PART OF THE PROCURING OFFICIALS OR THAT THE AGENCY FAILED TO APPLY OR MISAPPLIED DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA STATED IN THE SOLICITATION. CONTENDS THAT EACH OF THE LOWER B...

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