B-262187: Dec 4, 1995

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of its bid and subsequent contract award for batteries, contending that the: (1) Navy improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive; (2) Navy should have rejected the awardee's defective bid; and (3) pressure specification was unnecessary and immaterial. GAO held that the: (1) Navy properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive, since it failed to meet...

B-262187: Dec 4, 1995

Protester's bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive where. Allegation that contracting agency should have rejected low bid as nonresponsive is denied where bid takes no exception to the solicitation's material requirements. These systems provide a constant level of electrical power and are installed in critical communication and intelligence centers where maintenance of the highest level of rel...