B-225983: Apr 24, 1987

A firm protested an Army multiyear contract award under a small business set-aside for servomechanisms, contending that the Army improperly rejected its low bid as nonresponsive. The Army rejected the protester's bid because it proposed a separate price for production quantities without a first article. GAO noted that the solicitation: (1) only required level pricing of production quantities that...

B-225983: Apr 24, 1987

PROCUREMENT - SEALED BIDDING - BIDS - RESPONSIVENESS - LEVEL-PRICING CLAUSES - COMPLIANCE DIGEST: BID WAS RESPONSIVE AND DID NOT VIOLATE LEVEL PRICING PROVISION OF THE SOLICITATION WHERE THE IFB ONLY REQUIRED LEVEL PRICING OF PRODUCTION QUANTITIES WITH FIRST ARTICLE AND BID CONTAINED A PERMISSIBLE DIFFERENT PRICE FOR PRODUCTION QUANTITIES WITHOUT FIRST ARTICLE. WAS ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 19. THE SOLI...