B-279837: Jul 2, 1998

A firm protested the Coast Guard's rejection of its bid for operations, maintenance, and repair, contending that the rejection of its bid was based upon an erroneous conclusion that certain substitute pages used in its bid schedule altered material terms of the solicitation. GAO held that the: (1) protester's bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive, since the substituted pages did not address a...

B-279837: Jul 2, 1998

Protester's bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive where the rejected bid substituted photocopies of bid schedule pages from the base performance period for pages covering the option periods. Creating ambiguity about whether the bidder was committed to providing the option year effort. Contracting officer's decision not to permit bid correction is reasonable where the bid is nonresponsive on i...