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B-187288 1 (1976-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadegj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: '%\THE COMPTROLLER GENERbL N. DE!CIS ll . . OF THE UNIvEn TA*ES WAGHINGTON. D.C. 2054B FILE: B-187288 DATE: November 9, 1976 MATTER OF: Bayshore Systewe Corporation DIGST: 1. Miatake in bid'procedurev are not applicable to correct a nonresponsive or ambiguous bid in order to make it responsive. 2. Notation li/A next toIFB item for which price is required can reasonably be interpreted that bid price io no; applicable or that bid price does riot include item, Under circumstances bid must be rejected because bidder could not be.contractually bound to deliver item. Bayshrfre Systems Corporation (Bayshore) protests the rejection of its bid under IPS. LGM-6-8136-1 which was issued by the Federal Aviation Administratlion (FAA),,Department of Transportation. The solicitation was for the acquiAition of portable instrument land- ing system receivers and ancillary items. Of the nine bids re- ceived, Bayshore was'the apparent low bidder but its bid was rejected as noureaporsnive to the requirements of the IFB. The IFB ftated that award would be made on the basis of the lowest aggregate bid for all items and to be considered responsive, the bid must contain prices for all items except for two items which are-not relevant here. Bayt7ore inserted a N/A for item 3(e) and did not othezwise quote a price or indicate there would be no charge for this item. Bayshore conteznds that its N/A was a clerical error and it intended to insert / to indicate no charge for the item. Bayahore states that the contracting officer, upon being informed of the mistake prior to award, should have . obtained verification and permitted correction. It further contends that the failure to p*:ice the item or indicate a no charge is a minor informality because its significance as to price, quantity, quality or delivery is trivial (less than .002 percent of its bid price) when contrasted to the total of the supplies being procured. -1-

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