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[Protest of Interior Rejection of Bid as Nonresponsive]

B-224108: Dec 19, 1986

A firm protested the Department of the Interior's rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under a solicitation for hatchery expansion, contending that: (1) Interior improperly found its bid nonresponsive; and (2) the solicitation contained a discrepancy concerning the bid acceptance period. GAO held that: (1) the Army properly determined that the protester's bid was nonresponsive since it included a...

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B-224108, DEC 19, 1986, 86-2 CPD 687

B-224108: Dec 19, 1986

AN OFFER WHICH INCLUDES A BID ACCEPTANCE PERIOD SHORTER THAN THAT REQUIRED BY THE SOLICITATION IS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. IS UNTIMELY. SINCE AN ALLEGED IMPROPRIETY IN THE SOLICITATION MUST BE RAISED PRIOR TO BID OPENING WHERE THE IMPROPRIETY IS APPARENT ON THE FACE OF THE SOLICITATION. THE BID WAS REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE BECAUSE IMCO PROVIDED A 15 DAY BID ACCEPTANCE PERIOD RATHER THA...

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