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[Protests of Navy Rejection of Bids for Fire Protection and Construction Services]

B-228506,B-228865.2: Dec 3, 1987

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of its bids for fire protection and construction services as nonresponsive, contending that: (1) the Navy should have waived its failure to sign the bid as a minor informality, since the bid carried corporate seals; and (2) it was entitled to reimbursement for its bid preparation costs. GAO held that the Navy properly rejected the protester's bid, since: (1) t...

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B-228506, B-228865.2, Dec 3, 1987, 87-2 CPD 547

B-228506,B-228865.2: Dec 3, 1987

Properly was rejected as nonresponsive. The Navy rejected the bids as nonresponsive because each was executed by a stamped signature next to the typed name and title of the firm's president. There was no evidence with the bid that such execution was authorized. Porter notes that the bids did have the firm's corporate seal. That after bid opening it should have been clear to the Navy that Porter in...

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