[Request for Reconsideration]

A firm requested reconsideration of a GAO decision which dismissed its protest of the Navy's affirmative determination of the awardee's responsibility under an invitation for bids. GAO had found that the protester failed to show that the Navy acted fraudulently or in bad faith or that definitive responsibility criteria in the solicitation had not been met. In its request for reconsideration, the protester stated that an individual who had an interest in the awardee had pleaded guilty in a criminal proceeding to charges of illegal weighing procedures on Government contracts. GAO stated that the criminal acts of an individual who has or had an interest in a bidding firm do not, in themselves, involve definitive responsibility criteria. In any event, the guilty plea was not entered until after the affirmative responsibility determination and award. Since the protester failed to show an error of fact or law, the prior decision was affirmed.