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[Protest Against DCSC Rejection of Bid for Doors]

B-231823: Aug 31, 1988

A firm protested the Defense Construction Supply Center's (DCSC) rejection of its low bid for doors as nonresponsive, contending that DCSC should have waived its failure to acknowledge a solicitation amendment, since it received the amendment after bid opening. GAO held that: (1) DCSC properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive, since it failed to acknowledge a material amendment; and (...

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B-231823, Aug 31, 1988

B-231823: Aug 31, 1988

The amendment is material. The fact that bidder may not have received the amendment to an invitation for bids until after bid opening is irrelevant absent evidence that the failure to timely receive the amendment resulted from a deliberate attempt by the contracting agency to exclude the bidder from competition. American contends that its failure to acknowledge the amendment should be waived becau...

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