B-229715: Dec 23, 1987

A firm protested the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) rejection of its low bid for treated wood poles, contending that: (1) its failure to offer the minimum bid acceptance period was a clerical error; (2) BPA should waive the error because its bid was low; (3) award within 10 days after bid opening should have waived the bid acceptance period; and (4) BPA failed to notify it of the deficien...

B-229715: Dec 23, 1987

The minimum bid acceptance period is a material requirement of a solicitation and must be complied with at bid opening for a bid to be responsive. Since its bid is lower than the awardee's. That the contracting officer should have advised Taylor of any deficiency in its bid. The bid acceptance period clause of the solicitation specifically stated that while bidders were free to specify a longer ac...