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B-278415 1 (1997-12-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagff0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: SWR, Inc. Date: B-278415 Date: December 17, 1997 Timothy S. Swindall for the protester. B.J. Braun, Esq., Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rejected unsigned proposal containing only a typed signature where no other documentation submitted with the proposal had an original signature and the offeror had not, on or prior to the closing date for receipt of pro po sals, submitted a corporate resolution authorizing typewritten signatures. DECISION SWR, Inc. protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. DTCG23-98-R-TPMO1B, issued by the Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard for maintenance, repair and rebuilding of mail processing equipment. The agency rejected SWR's proposal because it was not signed. SWR contends that this omission should have been waived as a minor informality. We deny the protest. The agency received two proposals, including SWR's, by the closing date. Although SWR proposed the apparent low price, its proposal was unsigned and contained only the typewritten name of SWR's Vice President, below which was typewritten, Vice President, SWR, Inc. No documents submitted by SWR with its proposal contained an original signature. After initially considering the possibility of waiving the lack of signature as a minor informality, the agency eventually determined to reject SWR's proposal as unacceptable and made award to Pitney Bowes, the other offeror. SWR maintains that its pro po sal contains a typewritten signature and contends that its firm formally adopted, before the closing date, a resolution permitting the execution of documents by typewritten signature. SWR also points out that its proposed price was significantly below the awardee's.

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