B-278076.2: Jan 20, 1998

A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for landscaping and signage services, contending that the: (1) Army should have rejected the awardee's bid as nonresponsive because it failed to acknowledge a solicitation amendment; and (2) amendment was material because it clarified two solicitation ambiguities. GAO held that the Corps properly waived the awardee's failure to acknowledge...

B-278076.2: Jan 20, 1998

DIGEST Amendment is not material where it does no more than restate information already contained in the solicitation regarding the scope and quality of certain work. Contracting officer properly accepted bid that failed to acknowledge a solicitation amendment that was not material. Kalex contends that ABC's bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive because it failed to acknowledge an amendme...