B-232719: Jan 25, 1989

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for electrical outlets and distribution boxes, contending that the awardee's proposed delivery schedule was ambiguous, and DLA should have rejected the awardee's bid as nonresponsive. GAO held that the awardee obligated itself to perform the contract, since it bid on the revised solicitation, which modified the original delivery term...

B-232719: Jan 25, 1989

Bruce alleges that Power's bid was nonresponsive to the required delivery schedule and should have been rejected. One of the clauses changed was the delivery schedule. Three bids were received in response to the solicitation. Bruce's was the apparent low bid. Bruce alleged a mistake and was permitted to correct its bid upward. Either qualified the bid or rendered it ambiguous because it was unclea...