B-229973: Feb 26, 1988

A firm protested a proposed Navy contract award to another firm, contending that the awardee did not: (1) sign its bid bond; or (2) affix a corporate seal. GAO held that the: (1) Navy properly waived the unsigned bid bond, since the awardee submitted a signed bid; and (2) awardee's failure to affix a corporate seal did not affect the bid's validity. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-229973: Feb 26, 1988

Bidder's failure to sign an otherwise proper bid bond may be waived if the bond is submitted with a signed bid. The validity of a bid is not affected by the bidder's failure to affix a corporate seal to the bid bond. Phillips complains that the bid bond Tumpane submitted was not signed. The Navy proposes to accept the bid because the bid itself was properly signed. The Navy is correct that Tumpane...