B-233117: Feb 16, 1989

A firm protested the Coast Guard's rejection of its low bid for furniture as nonresponsive for failure to acknowledge a material amendment, contending that: (1) its bid was late because the Coast Guard failed to adequately describe the depository for hand-delivered bids; and (2) the Coast Guard should have awarded it a contract for that portion of the solicitation not affected by the amendment. GA...

B-233117: Feb 16, 1989

Where there is no evidence that commercial carrier attempted to deliver protester's bid to office designated in invitation for bids but was directed to the mailroom instead. We do not find that government impropriety was the paramount cause of its late receipt. Bidder's failure to acknowledge amendment that had no material impact on some line items in solicitation which provided for multiple award...