B-275044: Jan 17, 1997

A firm protested the Army's rejection of its bid for window replacements, contending that the Army improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive for failing to acknowledge an immaterial solicitation amendment. GAO held that the: (1) Army improperly rejected the protester's bid for failure to acknowledge a solicitation amendment that only relaxed performance requirements; and (2) protester was oblig...

B-275044: Jan 17, 1997

The IFB was issued on August 23. The Army decided that the referenced standard and the associated "Grade 60" were obsolete. Which is the subject of this protest. Five bids were received as of the amended September 27 opening date. The next two lowest bids were: Schuster $2. The bid was rejected and award was made to Koch on September 30. Schuster essentially maintains that the amendment which it f...