B-226885: Aug 27, 1987

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) contract award to any other firm for facilities expansion, contending that VA improperly rejected its bid modification, which made its bid low. GAO held that VA properly determined that: (1) the modification rendered the protester's bid price unclear; and (2) it was not apparent from the bid whether the person who signed the modification was authoriz...

B-226885: Aug 27, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bids - Modification - Submission methods - Procedural defects DIGEST: Agency's determination not to consider changes written on bid envelope is legally unobjectionable where bidder did not adhere to prescribed procedural requirements for modifying bid. Modification was signed by other than individual who signed standard bid form. There was nothing in bid package indi...