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B-286708 1 (2001-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptammz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Lawson's Enterprises, Inc. File: B-286708 Date: January 31, 2001 Tina J. Copeland, Esq., for the protester. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and Alton E. Woods, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST A solicitation for the rehabilitation of a residence can only reasonably be read as requiring the submission of bid guarantees with all bids, including those under $100,000, and the protester's bid of under $100,000, which did not include a bid guarantee, was properly rejected as nonresponsive. DECISION Lawson's Enterprises, Inc. protests the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 50181-0-B036, issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, for the rehabilitation of a residence at the E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. We deny the protest. The IFB, issued on August 29, 2000, provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for the rehabilitation of the residence. The contractor will be required to provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to rehabilitate the residence, to include, for example, the furnishing and installation of framing, windows, doors, cabinets, a bathroom, and a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system. Three bids were received by the bid opening date of September 29. Lawson's submitted the apparent low bid of $96,740, and Northside Danzi General Contractors submitted the apparent second low bid of $130,500. Because the Lawson's bid did not include a bid bond, its bid was rejected as nonresponsive and award was made to Northside Danzi. Agency Report at 1.

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