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B-192620 1 (1979-01-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgve0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1; 40' THE CGIPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION .1OF THE UNITED STATES _ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 UNITEO FILE: B-192620 DATE: January 16, 1979 MATTER OF: Navaho Corporation DIGEST: Rejection of bid which does not contain acknowledgment of amendment which imposed durability testing requirement was proper since estimated value of amend- ment, constituting 13.34 percent of difference between two low bids, was not negligible and since testing requirement appears to be material requirement related to quality assurance needs of Government. 0 Navaho Corporation (Navaho) has protested the I00(p rejection of its bid as nonresponsive by the Arm 9600911 Troop Support and Aviation Readiness Command (TSARCOM) because the bid did not contain an acknowledgment of an amendment to invitation ±crbidt(IFB)N. DAAK01- 77-zK-J72.~Navaho assts harTrehAWEKment had a trivial or negligible effect on price and therefore the failure to acknowledge it should have been waived as a minor deviation. The IFB was issued on June 20, 1977, for the purchase of 135 inflatable single section shelters, 1 preproduction shelter, and related documentation. The IFB provided that bid opening would take place on December 16, 1977. Thereafter TSARCOM issued amend- ments 0001 and 0002 which made revisions to the IFB but did not extend the date of bid opening. On Decem- ber 15, 1977, Navaho submitted its bid which acknowledged receipt of amendments 0001 and 0002. However, before bid opening could take place, it was postponed and on December 20, 1977, TSARCOM issued amendment 0003 which made changes to the IFB specifications and made January 17, 1978, the new bid opening date. Navaho thereafter acknowledged receipt of amendment 0003. Once again TSARCOM postponed bid opening and on Febru- ary 9, 1978, issued amendment 0004 which required. the shelters to be able to withstand a durability test of 1440 hours and postponed bid opening until March 15, 1978. TSARCOM subsequently issued amendments 0005 /~5 ~' I

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