B-250092: Sep 23, 1992

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of its bid for retrofit lighting, contending that GSA improperly determined that its bid bond was defective. GAO held that GSA properly determined that the bid was nonresponsive. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-250092: Sep 23, 1992

PROCUREMENT Sealed Bidding Bid guarantees Responsiveness Corporate entities Bid is nonresponsive where principal listed on the bid bond submitted with the bid and the nominal bidder named on the bid are not the same legal entity. Reliable alleges that the agency improperly determined that the bid bond submitted with the bid was defective. Six bids were received in response to the solicitation. Inc...