B-224499: Sep 22, 1986

A firm protested an Army contract award for missile circuit card assemblies, contending that the Army should have rejected the awardee's bid as nonresponsive for failure to bid a price for the production quantity without first article testing. GAO held that: (1) the Army structured the solicitation so that alternate bids were acceptable, which allowed it to accept the awardee's bid; and (2) since...

B-224499: Sep 22, 1986

BIDS - ALTERNATIVE - FIRST ARTICLE TESTING DIGEST: WHEN A SOLICITATION IS STRUCTURED TO REQUIRE BIDS BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT FIRST ARTICLE TESTING. ALTERNATE BIDS ARE PERMITTED AND WILL BE RESPONSIVE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE QUALIFIED FOR A WAIVER. SHOULD HAVE REJECTED CHRIONICS' BID FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE A PRICE FOR A LINE ITEM COVERING THE PRODUCTION QUANTITY WITHOUT FIRST ARTICLE TESTING...