medium · GMAT Verbal
In competitive bidding for a government contract, a bid is disqualified if it is either incomplete or submitted after the deadline. Of the bids submitted for a recent contract, none were submitted after the deadline, yet several bids were disqualified.
Which of the following can be most properly inferred from these statements?
- At least one bid submitted for this particular contract was incomplete.
- The agency changed its bidding deadline shortly before submissions closed.
- Every bid submitted before the deadline was incomplete.
- More bids were disqualified for incompleteness than for any other reason.
- The disqualified bidders intend to appeal the agency's decision formally.
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