B-229007: Dec 14, 1987

A firm protested the Army's proposed split award of a contract for multi-line loops, contending that: (1) as low aggregate bidder, it was entitled to award for all three line items; and (2) its bid's qualification restricted award to all or none of the line items. GAO held that the protester: (1) intended its bid qualification to apply to the quantities of each of the line items, since it had prev...

B-229007: Dec 14, 1987

Where the language of a message sent to an agency plainly evinces an intent that an "all or none" qualification contained in bid was intended to apply to the total quantities of an individual line item. The solicitation was issued as a total small business set-aside for three different contract line items. These bid qualifications are generally designated as "all or none" qualifications. Four bids...