United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-11-12 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-274867 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274867 P0b002ee18fd47046 f:274867 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-274867 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274867 B-274867 Comptroller General Decision Protest that "all or none" provision included on each of three separate bid schedules, one for base work and two for alternate work, contained in invitation for bids (IFB) precluded agency's awarding a contract to the lowest-priced bidder for the base work only without the IFB's two alternate work items is denied where the only reasonable interpretation of the IFB is that the "all or none" provision was applicable only to each schedule individually and that the contracting agency intended to award a contract for the base work and reserved the right to include one or both of the alternates work items in that contract depending upon whether the agency could afford the alternate work. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274867/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274867.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274867/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274867.pdf GAO/B-274867 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274867 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274867; AABLE Tank Services, Inc.;