B-238250: May 10, 1990

A firm protested the Forest Service's rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under a timber sale, contending that: (1) the service should have waived its failure to submit a certificate of small business status; and (2) rejection of its bid was a violation of its due-process rights. GAO held that the Forest Service: (1) properly declared the bid nonresponsive because it did not meet the solicitatio...

B-238250: May 10, 1990

Was rejected as nonresponsive because it failed to include with its bid a "Certificate of Small Business Status. The protester contends that the agency should have waived Last Camp's failure to submit the certificate and permitted its submission after bid opening. The Patches timber sale was advertised as a sealed-bid procurement in a local newspaper of general circulation. 146.40 bid which was th...