B-234290: Apr 20, 1989

A firm protested any contract award to another bidder under a General Services Administration solicitation for custodial services, contending that it was entitled to award, since the three low bidders: (1) used individual sureties that failed to submit pledges of assets; (2) failed to sign their bid bonds; (3) failed to affix corporate seals to their bids; and (4) used sureties that listed the sam...

B-234290: Apr 20, 1989

Procurement - Contractor Qualification - Responsibility/responsiveness distinctions - Sureties - Financial capacity Bid is responsive despite individual surety's failure to file pledge of assets with bid bond since a pledge of assets is information which bears on responsibility and. Procurement - Sealed Bidding - Bid guarantees - Responsiveness - Signatures - Omission Failure of a bidder to sign a...