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[Protest of Census Rejection of Bid as Nonresponsive]
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B-236819: Dec 8, 1989

A firm protested the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under a Bureau of the Census solicitation for boiler replacement, contending that: (1) its commitment to the delivery requirements was not ambiguous, since it agreed to them when it signed the bid; (2) the Bureau informed it that taking exception to the requirements was acceptable; and (3) it submitted a technically acceptable product alte...

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B-236819, Dec 8, 1989, 89-2 CPD 532
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B-236819: Dec 8, 1989

The bid is nonresponsive. Bid offering an alternate product was properly rejected as nonresponsive where the agency determined the alternate product did not meet two requirements of the specifications. A mere assertion by the protester that its offered product does meet the characteristics in question does not show that the agency's determination is erroneous. The IFB was issued on July 21. The co...

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