B-234052: Jan 13, 1989

A firm protested the Defense Industrial Supply Center's (DISC) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under a small business set-aside for harness assemblies, contending that DISC should have: (1) waived its omission of a required certification as a minor informality; and (2) provided it an opportunity to clarify the error after bid opening. GAO held that: (1) DISC properly rejected the protester's...

B-234052: Jan 13, 1989

Bid submitted in response to a total small business set-aside which failed to certify that all end items will be manufactured or produced by small business concerns properly was rejected as nonresponsive. Therefore completion of the clause does not cure failure to certify that all end items will be manufactured or produced by a small business. We dismiss the protest without obtaining an agency rep...