B-272179: Sep 5, 1996

A firm protested the Naval Facilities Engineering Command's (NAVFAC) rejection of its bid for street and parking lot repairs and resurfacing, contending that NAVFAC improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive. GAO held that NAVFAC properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive, since: (1) the protester submitted a photocopied bid bond; and (2) there was uncertainty as to the enforceabilit...

B-272179: Sep 5, 1996

Bid including only a photocopy of the required bid bond is nonresponsive. The protester argues that the rejection of its bid for this reason was improper. The surety's corporate seal was not visible on the photocopied documents. Certified with respect to any bond or undertaking to which it is attached. The determinative question in judging the sufficiency of a bid guarantee is whether it could be...