B-230871: Jul 18, 1988

A firm protested a Navy contract award for construction, contending that the Navy should have rejected the awardee's bid, since it contained pricing discrepancies. GAO held that the: (1) ambiguity in the awardee's bid price did not render the bid nonresponsive, since it was low by a significant margin; and (2) Navy properly verified the intended bid price after bid opening. Accordingly, the protes...

B-230871: Jul 18, 1988

NJS asserts that RCR's bid is ambiguous. NJS contends that RCR's bid is ambiguous and should be rejected as nonresponsive because the bid documents contain discrepancies. (that is. The control amount was set at $2. Which was exceeded by all bids for the base bid item plus additive item 1A. accordance with paragraph 22. RCR's bid for base bid item 1 plus additive bid items 1B and 1C was $2. Which w...