B-233009: Oct 25, 1988

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of its bid for elevator modernization, contending that substitution of its original unacceptable sureties did not render its bid nonresponsive. GAO held that GSA properly rejected the protester's bid, since the substitution of its unacceptable sureties would have altered the sureties' liabilities under the bid bond. Accordingly...

B-233009: Oct 25, 1988

Who were not willing to sign the Covenants Not To Encumber or Convey Real Estate. With two others who were willing to sign. We dismiss the protest without obtaining an agency report because it is clear from the protester's submission that the protest is without merit. 4 C.F.R. Which was guaranteed by individual sureties. The two original sureties were not willing to sign the covenants and the prot...