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B-191390 1 (1978-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgfx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THF5 COMvPTROLLER ORNERAL DECISION . ' OF THE UN1E UTATEE S WAsIH:NGTON, D.C. 2054U FILE: 0-191390 DATE: Juiy 26, 1978 MATTER OF: Hemet Valley Flying Service Co., Inc. - Reconsideration DIGEST: Where bid does not contain minimum bid acceptance period required by IFB, bid must be rejected as nonresponsive even though agency could have awarded contract to bidder within the shorter, offered bid acceptance period since otherwise non- conforming bidder would have unfair ad- vantage over other bidders. Hemet Valley Flying Service Co., Inc. (Hemet Valley) of Hemet, California, has submitted a timely request for reconsideration of our previous decision B-191390, May 8, 1978, 78-1 CPD 344, which denied Hemet Valley's protest concerning the rejection o2 its bid. The bid was rejected because it provided a 20-day bid acceptance period instead of the 30-day period required by the invitation for bids (IFB). In its requeBt for reconsideration Hemet Valley contends that our prior deci3ion did not address a primary argument made in connection with its protest. The argument is that a bid that fails to set forth the minimum acceptance period required by the IFB should not be held nonresponsive but should be con- sidered responsive for the period set forth in the b'd. Hemet Vallcy argues as follows: We are not advocating that bidders offering a shorter acceptance period be given an extra bite at the apple or, in fact, any advantage at all over their competitors. We do not ask your Office to rule that a deviating bidder can, as a matter of right, extend his bid ac- ceptance period. We are simply asking your Office to hold that a bid is acceptable during the offered bid acceptance period.

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