B-228974.2: Dec 3, 1987

A firm protested an Army contract award for stock selector trucks, contending that the contracting officer improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive, since it had handwritten on the descriptive literature that it intended to comply with the solicitation. GAO held that the Army properly rejected the protester's bid, since its descriptive literature indicated that its product did not comply with...

B-228974.2: Dec 3, 1987

Where descriptive literature indicates that specifications are subject to change. Bid need not be rejected as nonresponsive if provision is immediately followed by contradicting handwritten statement that all specifications will be met. 2. Yale submitted standard descriptive literature which contained a statement that specifications were subject to change without notice. "but we will meet all requ...