B-225260.2: Feb 25, 1987

A firm protested the Coast Guard's rejection of its bid for repair work as nonresponsive, contending that the Coast Guard should have considered its bid responsive, since it acknowledged and demonstrated its intent to comply with the solicitation's minimum acceptance period. GAO held that the Coast Guard should have assumed that the protester intended to comply with the bid acceptance period requi...

B-225260.2: Feb 25, 1987

THE BID SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE BECAUSE BIDDER'S BLANKET ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE AMENDMENT INDICATED ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE LONGER BID ACCEPTANCE PERIOD. AMI'S LOW BID WAS REJECTED BECAUSE OF AN AMBIGUITY IN THE BID ACCEPTANCE PERIOD. THE IFB WAS ISSUED ON AUGUST 20. WHICH CONFLICTED WITH A PROVISION THAT STATED THAT THE MINIMUM ACCEPTANCE PERIOD WAS 30 DAYS. THE PROTESTER ALLE...