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B-275823 1 (1997-04-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafvv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Kim's General Maintenance, Inc. File: B-275823 Date: April 3, 1997 James F. Nagle, Esq., Oles Morrison & Rinker, LLP, for the protester. Mark A. Rowland, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P, for Patriot Maintenance, Inc., an interveno r. Dennis D. Carpenter, Jr., Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Bid that omits standard form 1447, Solicitation/Contract, which contains the bid acceptance period provision, is nonresponsive where the bid does not otherwise unambiguously indicate agreement to the minimum required bid acceptance period. DECISION Kim's General Maintenance, Inc. protests the rejection of its bid under invitation for bids (IFB) No. F65503-96-B0012, issued by the Department of the Air Force for maintenance of Military Family Housing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The agency rejected Kim's low bid as nonresponsive because Kim's failed to execute and return with its bid standard form (SF) 1447, Solicitation/Award (the cover sheet of the IFB), which contains material provisions, or to otherwise incorporate these provisions in its bid. Kim's asserts that its agreement to all material requirements may be inferred by other references in its bid. We deny the protest. In its initial protest submission, the protester contended that it executed the SF-1447 and included it in its bid package, which it submitted to the Air Force by the November 12, 1996, amended bid opening date. The protester included statements from its general manager and another employee certifying that a copy of the SF-1447 was included in the bid package. Another of Kim's employees submitted a certified statement that he attended the bid opening and that the Air Force personnel did not note any irregularities with respect to Kim's bid. 35143

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