B-286585: Jan 12, 2001

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of its bid for inspection, maintenance, and repair of fire protection systems, contending that the Navy improperly determined that its bid was nonresponsive because it did not acknowledge an amendment that the Navy failed to include in the bid package. GAO held that the Navy properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive, since the protester should hav...

B-286585: Jan 12, 2001

Maintenance and repair of fire protection systems was material. A bid which failed to acknowledge the amendment was properly rejected as nonresponsive. The contractor will be required to provide all labor. 0009 (fourth option) were each comprised of 19 sub-CLINs. Sub-CLIN 0001AA was for quarterly maintenance on 280 automatic sprinkler systems during the base period. The IFB explained with regard t...