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[Protest of Proposed GSA Contract Award for Elevator Maintenance Services]

B-223976: Oct 23, 1986

A firm protested a General Service Administration (GSA) contract award for elevator maintenance services, contending that: (1) the awardee's bid was nonresponsive because it failed to acknowledge an allegedly material solicitation amendment; and (2) the amendment was material because it allowed GSA to alter performance requirements GAO held that: (1) since the amendment merely alerted bidders to t...

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B-223976, OCT 23, 1986, 86-2 CPD 448

B-223976: Oct 23, 1986

DELAYS COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED WITHOUT AMENDMENT THROUGH CHANGES CLAUSE. WARFIELD ALLEGES THAT ECS'S BID WAS NONRESPONSIVE BECAUSE IT FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AN ALLEGEDLY MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO THE IFB. WE HAVE STATED THAT A BIDDER'S FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF A MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO AN IFB RENDERS THE BID NONRESPONSIVE. MUST HAVE MORE THAN A TRIVIAL IMPACT ON PRICE. AN AMENDMENT IS NOT MATERI...

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