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B-274511 1 (1996-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaemf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Beta Construction Company File: B-274511 Date: December 13, 1996 Leonard A. Sacks, Esq., Leonard A. Sacks & Associates, for the protester. Robert J. McCall, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. John Van Schaik, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Awardee's failure to submit with bid information requested by invitation for bids does not require rejection of bid where requested information related to the experience and qualifications of the bidder and roofing materials manufacturer and therefore could be submitted after bid opening since it involved a matter of bidder responsibility rather than bid responsiveness. DECISION Beta Construction Company protests the award of a contract to National Roofing Company under invitation for bids (IFB) No. GS-03P-96-CDC-0017, issued by the General Services Administration for replacing a roof and related work on the Social Security Administration's National Computer Center. Beta argues that the bid submitted by National was nonresponsive and should have been rejected. We deny the protest. Ten bids were submitted in response to the JFB. The low bid was rejected. National's bid was the next low. Although National had failed to submit certain information with its bid, when requested to do so after bid opening, the firm submitted that information. The contracting officer concluded that the information related to the firm's qualifications and experience--matters of responsibility--and determined National to be responsible. Beta argues that National's bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive because it was not accompanied by information concerning the type of roof to be supplied, the manufacturer of the roof and warranties. Beta argues that the information related to responsiveness because the IFB required the information to be submitted with the bid and because without that information the agency could not determine 11541213

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