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B-185194 1 (1976-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddki0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -~ . ot.LER Q THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WA 8 VAHINGTON. D.C. 20549 FILE: B-185194 DATE: June 15, 1976 MATTER OF: Bervia Plunk DIGEST: Unsigned bid for purchase of surplus Government property accompanied by bid deposit in form of cashier's check in the proper amount indicating bidder as remitter and bearing solicitation number may not be considered for award because Defense Disposal Manual Regulations require rejection of unsigned bid unless bidder's signature appears elsewhere in documents submitted with bid. The single question presented in this protest is whether an unsigned bid accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a cashier's check bearing the solicitation number may be accepted pursuant to the regulations governing Department of Defense sales of surplus property. We think it cannot and, accordingly, deny the protest. The Defense Supply Agency, Defense Property Disposal Service, Columbus, Ohio, by Sale No. 27-6099, invited bids for the sale of surplus machine tools. The high bid of $11, 500 was submitted by Bervia Plunk (Plunk) for one item, a boring-drilling-milling machine. The other bid for that item, in the amount of $6, 260, was submitted by Bill Mims Machine Tools (Mims). As required by the bid deposit provisions of the solicitation, the Plunk bid was accompanied by a cashier's check in the amount of 20 percent of the bid. The check was inscribed with the sale number, indicated that Plunk was the remitter and bore the signature of a bank representative. The Mims bid was also accompanied by a proper bid deposit. Mims' bid was signed; Plunk's was not. Plunk urges that his protest of the proposed award to Mims be accepted as his signature and that award be made to him. No award has been made pending our decision on the protest. The Department of Defense regulations applicable to solicitations for the disposal of property are set forth in the Defense Disposal Manual, which with regard to unsigned bids states: Unsigned Bids. In order for a written bid to be binding upon a bidder, it must be signed by the bidder or his authorized representative. The C signature will appear in the space provided. -1-

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