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B-228752.2: Nov 2, 1987

A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its low bid for aircraft apron alterations as nonresponsive, contending that the Air Force interpreted a clause in its letter of credit to require assignment of the solicitation to the surety. GAO held that the Air Force properly rejected the bid as nonresponsive, since the protester's letter of credit was ambiguous and did not clearly establish the su...

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B-228752.2: Nov 2, 1987

The bid is properly rejected as nonresponsive since such a letter does not provide the required firm commitment. 000 whichever was less. The letter was for 20 percent of amount bid. Stated that "strict adherence by the Beneficiary" to certain conditions was required. The Corps notified Pyramid that its bid was nonresponsive because the letter of credit was conditioned on the assignment to Security...