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B-185792 1 (1976-07-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddaw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTIROLLER GENERAL MC I SRD J. COF THE UNITED STATES LVWASHINGTON, O.C. 20549 FILE: B-185792 DATE: July 9, 1976 MATTER OF: George E. Jensen, Contractor, Inc. Shelby-Skipwith, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Bidder's failure to list a subcontractor for a category estimated to cost less than 3-½ percent of the total estimated contract price is a minor bid deficiency which may be waived. 2. Failure by signer of low bid to initial change of total bid price, where such change raised no question regard- ing intended bid, was properly waived as a minor informality. George E. Jensen, Contractor, Inc. (Jensen) and Shelby- Skipwith, Inc. (Shelby) have protested the March 8, 1976, award of a contract to Baeten Construction Company (Baeten). The contract was issued pursuant to an invitation to bi.d oM. General Services Administration, Public Building Service Project I-MT-74-506, involving miscellaneous improvements to the Federal Building, U.S. Post Office and Court House in Missoula, Montana. Jensen and Shelby contend that Baeten's bid was nonresponsive to the solicitation's requirements because (1) Baeten failed to comply with the listing of sub- contractor requirements, and (2) the signer of Baeten's bid did not initial a correction on the bid form. For the reasons stated below, the protests are dcnied. The invitation required bidders to list either themselves or their proposed subcontractors for certain enumerated cate- gories of work. In the category Finish Hardware, which includes supplying and installing, finish hardware, Baeten listed Anderson Steel Supply, Inc., thereby indicating that Baeten would subcontract with Anderson to perform all of the work in that category. Jensen claims that Anderson is merely a finish hardware (doorknobs, locks, hinges, etc.) supplier; therefore, Baeten will also have to subcontract for the installa- tion portion of the requirement. Thus, argues Jensen, Baeten has failed to list an intended subcontractor.

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