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B-277676 1 (1997-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagdd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: The Nutmeg Companies, Inc. File: B-277676 Date: September 3, 1997 Jason L. Bugbee for the protester. Anthony J. Buccitelli, Esq., for Roads Corporation, an intervenor. John E. Lariccia, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Christine Davis, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where the apparent low bidder submitted its bid on an outdated and ambiguous Standard Form (SF) 1442, but acknowledged an amendment transmitting a revised and unambiguous SF 1442, it is clear from the acknowledgement that the bidder intended to comply with the solicitation requirements, as clarified by the amendment, such that the submission of the unamended form was a minor informality that did not affect the bid's responsiveness. DECISION The Nutmeg Companies, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Roads Corporation by the Department of the Air Force under invitation for bids (IFB) No. F19650-97-B- 0011 for the installation of basement drainage systems in various housing units at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Nutmeg protests that Roads's bid was nonresponsive because it was submitted on an outdated and ambiguous Standard Form (SF) 1442. We dismiss the protest. The IFB, issued on June 18, 1997, contemplated the award of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for a base year with 2 option years. The SF 1442 accompanying the IFB contained certain provisions that conflicted with each other or with other IFB requirements. Specifically, one provision of the SF 1442 stated a 60-day minimum bid acceptance period; another provision of the SF 1442 invited bidders to offer a longer bid acceptance period, but, in the blank meant to be completed by the bidder, the Air Force inserted a 30-day bid acceptance period, which obviously conflicted with the admonition that bids offering less than a 60-day acceptance period would be rejected. In addition, the SF 1442 stated a 45-day performance period, not the 1-year basic performance period provided elsewhere in

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