B-227982: Sep 14, 1987

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of its nonresponsive bid for laboratory renovation, contending that the Navy should allow it to correct a defect in its bid bond, since its bid was low. GAO held that the protester did not show that its surety had consented to alterations in its bid bond. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-227982: Sep 14, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bid guarantees - Modification - Propriety DIGEST: Bid accompanied by a materially altered bid bond in which the solicitation number and the project title have been typed over a white out and the alteration initialled by the bidder. Is nonresponsive. 869 was low and the next low bid was $56. The bid identification information entries were altered. The number substitut...