B-274303: Nov 29, 1996

A firm protested the Defense Industrial Supply Center's (DISC) rejection of its bid for internal wrenching bolts, contending that it transmitted the required information to DISC by facsimile. GAO held that DISC properly rejected the bid as technically unacceptable, since there was no: (1) proof of receipt of the protester's facsimile transmission; and (2) information to determine the acceptability...

B-274303: Nov 29, 1996

Agency denies timely receipt and there is no proof of receipt. The procurement was conducted under simplified acquisition procedures authorized by the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994. The RFQ was issued by DISC under "automated" procedures using the DISC electronic bulletin board to solicit and receive quotations. Firms desiring access to the electronic bulletin board to review the RF...