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B-186573 1 (1976-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcwn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL CISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-186573 DATE: July 20, 1976 MATTER OF: Bryan L. and F.B. Standley DIGEST: 1. Where husband and wife submit identical low bids on various items, there is no violation of Certificate of Independent Price Determination where bid submis- sion is based on legitimate business reasons and where there is no evidence of conspiracy to restrict compe- tition. 2. Completion after bid opening of representations and certifications on reverse of Standard Form 33 bid form is proper since they do not relate to bid responsive- ness and failure to submit them with bid may be waived as minor informality. 3. Failure to submit completed experience questionnaire with bid does not render bid nonresponsive since ques- tionnaire pertainssolely to bidder's responsibility and may be submitted up to time for award. 4. Absent allegation of fraud on part of contracting officials or definitive responsibility criteria which allegedly have not been applied, this Office will not review affirmative determination of responsibility. This protest has been filed by Bryan L. and F.B. Standley against the proposed award of a contract to Kathleen Brown by the U.S. Forest Service under invitation for bids (IFB) No. Rl-14-76-47, issued by the Kootenai National Forest, Libby, Montana. The subject solicitation requested bids for all necessary services to perform fire hazard reduction and site preparation in that Forest's Rexford Ranger District at various locations delineated in the schedule as items 1, 2, and 3. Upon the opening of bids, it was revealed that Kathleen M. Brown was the low bidder on item 2, and that she and her husband, George A. Brown, had submitted identical low eligible bids for items 1 and 3.

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