B-286488: Jan 17, 2001

A firm protested the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) refusal to accept its modified bid for fitness/wellness services, contending that if its bid contained a mistake that could not be corrected, then MSHA should have also rejected the awardee's bid, because it contained the same mistake. GAO held that while the protester's bid was properly rejected for containing a mistake that was...

B-286488: Jan 17, 2001

A bid that is based upon the incorrect premise that only three full-time and two part-time positions were required under a solicitation for services where the invitation for bids clearly requires five full-time positions may not be corrected. 2. Protest is sustained. Although the statement of work contained in the IFB did not state how many individuals were required to perform the contract work. N...