Prospective Contractors Bear the Risk of Contingencies Included in Their Proposals | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update
The Federal Bureau of Prisons issued a solicitation for residential community corrections center services in Michigan. Among the companies bidding on the project was Bannum, Inc. Among the evaluation factors, the Bureau of Prisons evaluated the location of the facility proposed and the validity of the offeror’s right to use it. The solicitation required offerors to provide documentation supporting their right to use the property but also permitted offerors one request ot change an initially proposed facility so long as the request was received with 60 days of initial proposal submission.