B-280643: Nov 2, 1998

Bidder's bid was improperly rejected as nonresponsive for the failure to acknowledge receipt of the amendment. Enviromediation's bid was rejected as nonresponsive because the firm did not acknowledge in its bid the receipt of an amendment which deleted one item of work. Bidders were to submit one price for the removal and disposal of all indicated asbestos-containing materials in the two housing u...

B-280643: Nov 2, 1998

A firm protested the Coast Guard's rejection of its bid for the demolition of two housing units and construction of a parking lot, contending that since the price it bid for work that was deleted pursuant to an amendment could simply be deducted from its total bid price, it should receive the award based upon its low total bid price for the work under the amended solicitation. GAO held that the de...