Protest Against Determination That Bidder Was Nonresponsible for Lack of Tenacity and Perseverance

A company protested against a contracting officer's determination that it was nonresponsible for lack of tenacity or perseverance. The determination, based partly on unfavorable evaluations from other procuring activities, was proper since evaluations were supported by contemporaneous documents in the contract files. It was not necessary to consider the protest that difficulties experienced on contracts performed as much as 5 years previously should not be considered as evidence since sufficient contemporaneous evidence existed from recent contracts to support the contracting officer's determination.