B-228303: Jan 15, 1988

A firm protested an Army contract award for test units, contending that the Army should have: (1) notified it of an obvious error in its low bid; and (2) allowed it to verify whether it submitted the bid on the basis of first-article approval. GAO held that the: (1) Army improperly determined that award to the second low bidder was most advantageous to the government; (2) Army improperly failed to...

B-228303: Jan 15, 1988

The RFP was issued on April 22. The following three offers were received by the closing date of July 17. 1987: (TABLE OMITTED) Hartridge's total offer was $1. The Nucleus offer with first article was $1. Hartridge contends that this mistake was obvious on the face of its proposal because Hartridge did not supply the information required by the RPP for an offeror to be eligible for waiver of first...