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B-184750 1 (1975-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcsj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I _ ' I - 1 - THE COIPTROLLER GENERAL DECISiDR .f.) OF THE UNITED STATES VWASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-184750 DATE: November 20,1975 MATTER OF: Webcraft Packaging, Division of , Beatrice Foods Co. DIGEST: 1. Low bidder who submitted bid offering alternate method of constructing income tax form from single web of paper after 8 months of discussions with user agency (IRS), believing incorrectly that requirements of specifica- tions requiring two types of paper, one type for vouchers and one type for envelopes, had been waived is nonrespon- sive since bid did not meet paper requirements of invita- tion. Since quality of product to be furnished was affected by alternative construction, agency properly rejected bid as nonresponsive. 2. Protest alleging ambiguity in specifications, filed after bid opening, is untimely under section 20.2(b)(1) of our Bid Protest Procedures, 40 Fed. Reg. 17979 (1975), which requires that protests based upon alleged improprieties in any type of solicitation which are apparent prior to bid opening must be filed prior to bid opening. 3. Contracting officer is under no duty to request verifica- tion of bid which is nonresponsive and in which there is no evidence of error since verification is required only when the contracting officer has reason to believe that bidder has made mistake in bid but not to make nonrespon- sive bid responsive. This is a protest by Webcraft Packaging, Division of Beatrice Foods Co. (Webcraft), against the award of a contract to Moore Busi- ness Forms, Inc. (Moore), under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 575- 062, issued by the Government Printing Office (GPO) for the printing and binding of 1976 Declaration of Estimated Tax for Individuals Form 1040-ES. Bids were opened on July 24, 1975, with two bidders responding to the IFB. Moore submitted a bid in the amount of $575,140 and Webcraft's bid was in the amount of $546,565. Webcraft's bid was rejected after it was determined to be nonresponsive because it failed to meet the requirements as specified in the IFB. The construction sample submitted with Webcraft's bid did not utilize the envelope paper as required by the IFB.

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