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B-410980,B-410980.2 1 (2015-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: JOCH Construction Company File: B-410980; B-410980.2 Date: April 7, 2015 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, PC, for the protester. Mary A. Mitchell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Bidder's submission of prices for work to be deleted rather than prices for the work remaining after the deletion, was properly waived by the agency as a minor informality in accordance with FAR § 14.405, and the bid was properly found to be responsive, where the bidder's prices for the remaining work were readily ascertainable from the face of its bid. 2. Protest that agency improperly accepted nonresponsive bid is denied where, in response to an invitation for bids, the awardee used an outdated bid schedule, but acknowledged the pertinent amendment and the record indicates there is no doubt as to the awardee's commitment to perform pursuant to the solicitation. DECISION JOCH Construction Company (JOCH), of San Antonio, Texas, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) award of a contract to Trevino Group (Trevino) of Houston, Texas, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. VA256-14-B-1344, for renovations at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. JOCH asserts that Trevino's bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued on August 29, 2014, and set aside for service-disabled veteran- owned small businesses, called for bids for the supervision, labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary for the renovation of Building 108 at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Revised Solicitation, at 3. The agency issued several amendments to the IFB. As relevant here, amendment

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