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B-410955 1 (2015-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrax0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Hamilton Pacific Chamberlain, LLC File: B-410955 Date: March 30, 2015 Sean Milani-Nia, Esq., Fox Rothschild LLP, for the protester. Tyler W. Brown, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST A bid bond is defective where no penal sum has been inserted on the bond, and the bond does not otherwise establish the intention of the surety to be bound in the required amount. DECISION Hamilton Pacific Chamberlain, LLC, of Waldorf, MD, protests the rejection of its bid under invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA246-14-B-1 143, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the upgrade of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The protester argues that the agency improperly rejected its bid as noncompliant with the bid guarantee requirements in the solicitation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The IFB, issued on September 5, 2014, sought bids for the replacement and upgrade of an HVAC system at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. The IFB, which was set aside for service-disabled, veteran- owned small businesses, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract. IFB at 10, 13. The solicitation required bidders to submit a bid guarantee with their bids, in the amount of twenty percent of the bid price or three million dollars, whichever was less. IFB at 15. The agency conducted a public bid opening on October 7, and eight bids were received. Contracting Officer's (CO's) Statement at 1. Hamilton Pacific

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