B-224500: Oct 2, 1986

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under a solicitation for hypodermic needles, contending the government's best interest was to award it the contract since it was the low bidder. VA rejected the protester's bid because it failed to timely submit the required bid samples. GAO found that: (1) the protester's failure to timely submit the bid sam...

B-224500: Oct 2, 1986

PROCUREMENT - SEALED BIDDING - BIDS - RESPONSIVENESS - PRE-AWARD SAMPLES - ABSENCE DIGEST: A BID WHICH FAILED TO INCLUDE REQUIRED BID SAMPLES WAS PROPERLY REJECTED BY THE CONTRACTING AGENCY AS NONRESPONSIVE WHERE THE IFB CLEARLY REQUIRED THAT SAMPLES BE SUBMITTED BY THE TIME SET FOR BID OPENING FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE SAMPLE'S CONFORMANCE WITH THE SOLICITATION'S REQUIREMENTS. THE SOLICIT...