B-227164: Aug 10, 1987

A firm protested the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) rejection of its bid for coal as nonresponsive, contending that DLA should have: (1) accepted its offer, since Department of Energy tests showed that its coal met the solicitation requirement; (2) requested a special report to determine the ability of the protester's coal to meet the requirement, since the deficiencies were slight; and (3) acce...

B-227164: Aug 10, 1987

A bid that fails to demonstrate compliance with the specification is properly rejected as nonresponsive. 2. Is a matter of responsiveness. Issue that protester could have raised in its initial submission. Is dismissed. Item 3 of the IFB was a requirement for an estimated 20. " that: The Government will determine. Those coal offers which do not meet the specifications and those coal offers for whic...