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B-213518 1 (1984-04-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlqb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ?~THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OP THE UNITED STATEE WASHINGTON. O.C. 20646 FILE: B-213518 OATE: April 6, 1984 MATTER OF: A. Metz, Inc. 0IGEST: 1. Where regulations promulgated by the grantor agency require grantees to assure the oppor- tunity for free, open and competitive bidding when soliciting bids on projects supported by federal funds, grantees must follow certain basic or fundamental principles of federal procurement law. 2. The distinction between responsiveness, i.e., whether a bidder unequivocally offers to provide supplies or services in conformity with the material terms of the solicitation, and responsibility, i.e., whether a bidder has the apparent abi~l'ty and capacity to per- form the contract requirements, is not always easy to draw, and the interpretation of the procuring agency must be carefully considered as it is normally in the best position to set forth what was intended. 3. Where the terms of an IFB are such that the bidder's signature on its bid is sufficient to commit it to meetinq the minority business enterprise (MBE) requirements of the IFB, the signed bid is responsive, and a further requirement to submit information which con- cerns how that commitment would be met--which information could be supplemented after bid opening--relates to the bidder's responsi- bility.

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