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 2004-02-05 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-293239 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293239 P0b002ee18fd4819c f:293239 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-293239 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-293239 B-293239 Comptroller General Decision In a sealed bid procurement which required the submission of a bid guarantee in the amount of 20 percent of the bid price, agency properly rejected protester*s bid as nonresponsive, where the bid included a bid guarantee that stated that the penal sum amount was limited to 20 percent of the *Attached Bid* and the bid to which the bid guarantee was attached did not include prices for any line item; although protester timely modified the bid to provide line item pricing, because the bid guarantee referenced the attached, unpriced bid, the bid guarantee was ambiguous concerning the amount of the bid guarantee, and was therefore nonresponsive. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293239/html/GAOREPORTS-B-293239.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293239/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-293239.pdf GAO/B-293239 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293239 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-293239; McGhee Construction, Inc., B-293239, February 5, 2004;