B-224823: Jan 21, 1987

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award to another firm for nuts, contending that DLA improperly awarded the contract because it was the low bidder. DLA contended that the protester's bid expired because the protester failed to send the requested verification. GAO held that the protest was without merit since: (1) DLA properly rejected the protester's bid in the absence of...

B-224823: Jan 21, 1987

PROCUREMENT - SEALED BIDDING - CONTRACT AWARDS - PROPRIETY DIGEST: AWARD TO SECOND-LOW BIDDER WAS NOT IMPROPER WHERE PROTESTER HAS NOT ESTABLISHED THAT AGENCY EVER RECEIVED VERIFICATION OF PROTESTER'S LOW. ALLEGES THAT THE CONTRACT WAS IMPROPERLY AWARDED TO ADAC. THE SEVEN LOWEST BIDS WERE AS FOLLOWS: (TABLE OMITTED) SINCE DENISON'S UNIT PRICE WAS APPROXIMATELY $2 BELOW THE NEXT LOW BID. SINCE ALL...