B-224120: Sep 5, 1986

A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its nonresponsive bid and contract award to another firm for modular office structures, contending that the Air Force should have: (1) assumed that it would provide certain required bid items since the Air Force made similar assumptions regarding other bid items; and (2) invoked the bid mistake procedures to question bidders concerning the items they i...

B-224120: Sep 5, 1986

WHERE A BIDDER SUBMITS REQUIRED DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE WITH ITS BID SHOWING THAT MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE MET. THE PROTESTER SAYS THAT ITS NORMAL PRACTICE IS TO DELETE THIS LANGUAGE IN ITS STANDARD LITERATURE. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT THE AGENCY SHOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE REQUIRED ELECTRICAL ITEMS SINCE THE AGENCY APPEARS TO HAVE MADE SUCH A...