B-225302: Mar 25, 1987

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) rejection of its bid under a solicitation for diagnostic substances, reagents, and test sets, contending that: (1) a specification requiring offerers to show that their anticipated sales under the contract would total $25,000 was ambiguous; and (2) VA improperly rejected its bid for failure to meet the sales retention threshold requirements. GAO...

B-225302: Mar 25, 1987

MULTIPLE-AWARD FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE CONTRACTS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR ANTICIPATED TOTAL SALES UNDER THE CONTRACT ARE AT LEAST $25. IS AMBIGUOUS IS UNTIMELY WHEN SUBMITTED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPTS OF PROPOSALS. AGENCY'S DETERMINATION BASED UPON SALES RECORDS SUPPLIED BY OFFEROR WAS REASONABLY BASED. THE VA STATES THAT THE OFFER WAS REJECTED BECAUSE PARA'S ANTICIPATED SALES TO THE GOV...