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G A 0 Comptroller General
SIntegrity Reliability of the United States
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United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
Decision
Matter of: Takota Corporation
File: B-294104
Date: July 30, 2004
Robert J. Symon, Esq., and Christyne K. Brennan, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for
the protester.
Timothy A. Chenault, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, for
the agency.
Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency properly rejected as nonresponsive a bid that failed to acknowledge an
amendment that, read in a reasonable manner, added significant work that was not
included in the solicitation as issued, and therefore was material.
DECISION
Takota Corporation protests the rejection of its low bid as nonresponsive under
invitation for bids (IFB) No. HSCG-82-04B-3ACP03, issued by the Department of
Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of the Galveston Bay
entrance range structures and salvage of existing range structures. Takota's bid was
rejected for failure to acknowledge amendment No. 0002 to the IFB. Takota
maintains that its failure to acknowledge the amendment should be waived.
We deny the protest.
The solicitation, posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website on March 25,
2004, called for the fabrication and installation of one offshore entrance range light
in Galveston Bay and one land-based rear range light on Bolivar Peninsula, north of
Galveston, and the salvage and removal of the existing structures at both sites. As
relevant here, IFB § 02950, Offshore and Onshore Salvage and Removal, provided
that the contractor shall remove and dispose of the existing Galveston Entrance
Range 'A' Rear and Front Structures, and that [c]ontractor will salvage and remove
the existing structures. IFB § 02950, 1.1, at 1.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptapnl0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)