B-277872: Dec 4, 1997

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of its bid for construction and landscaping services, contending that the Navy failed to provide it with a copy of a solicitation amendment and improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive. GAO held that the Navy properly found that the protester failed to acknowledge a material amendment and that its bid was nonresponsive. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-277872: Dec 4, 1997

DIGEST Protest that agency improperly found bid nonresponsive is denied where bidder failed to acknowledge a material amendment. The IFB called for the installation of a sprinkler system and specified that certain equipment components were to be manufactured by a firm known as Calsense. Only Calsense irrigation equipment was acceptable. [1] The Navy experienced difficulties in disseminating the am...