B-251956: Feb 8, 1993

A firm protested an Army contract award for meals and lodging services, contending that the Army should have rejected the awardee's bid as nonresponsive, since the awardee was: (1) not a legal entity that could be bound to perform the contract; and (2) not registered as a corporation under its trade name. GAO held that the: (1) Army reasonably determined that the awardee was a legal entity that co...

B-251956: Feb 8, 1993

Where it was possible to identify the actual bidder with sufficient certainty that the bidder would not be able to avoid the obligations of the bid. The agency should have rejected Sheraton's bid as nonresponsive. Because the firm was not a legal entity that could be bound to perform the contract. Business certification showing that Sheraton Inn Syracuse is the trade name of First Republic Corpora...