B-225597.2: May 12, 1987

A firm requested reconsideration of the denial of its protest against the Navy's rejection of its bid for failure to extend its acceptance period. GAO had held that, since the Navy could not have inferred from the protester's conduct that it intended to extend its bid acceptance period, the Navy best served the integrity of the competitive system by accepting the second-low bid. In its request for...

B-225597.2: May 12, 1987

PROCUREMENT - SEALED BIDDING - BIDS - ACCEPTANCE TIME PERIODS - EXTENSION DIGEST: THERE IS NO RIGHT TO A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. REQUEST WRITTEN EXTENSIONS OF THE LOWEST BIDDERS' BID ACCEPTANCE PERIODS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE PROVISION IS OF THE TYPE THAT CREATES NO RIGHTS IN BIDDERS. THE NAVY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT PEGASUS INTENDED TO EXTEND THE BID ACCEPTANCE PERIOD. N62470-86-B-5...