B-227134: Jul 17, 1987

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive and award of a contract to another firm under a solicitation for bed pads, contending that: (1) although its bid sample did not meet the required size specifications, it submitted the sample to show the quality of materials and workmanship, rather than size; and (2) VA improperly rejected its bid based solely...

B-227134: Jul 17, 1987

Protester's bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive where bid sample did not conform to the listed specifications. The IFB provided that bid samples were required to be submitted as part of the bids. The bid samples provision of the IFB warned that failure to furnish samples on time or failure of the samples to conform to the required characteristics "will require rejection of the bid.". The VA...