B-180669: Jul 29, 1974

DETERMINATION THAT BIDDER COULD NOT ADEQUATELY PERFORM CONTEMPLATED CONTRACT WITHIN REQUIRED DELIVERY SCHEDULE AS FOUND BY PREAWARD SURVEY TEAM IS NOT. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S DETERMINATION THAT PROTESTER WAS NONRESPONSIBLE ON BASIS OF UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE RECORD OF ITS KEY EMPLOYEE WITH PREVIOUS FIRMS WAS NOT IN ERROR SINCE EXPERIENCE OF A PRINCIPAL OFFICER OF A BIDDING FIRM MAY BE CONSIDERED...

B-180669: Jul 29, 1974

A company protested a contracting officer's determination that it was nonresponsible under three invitation for bids, contending that the officer was in error in considering the prior performance record of one of the protester's key employees in his evaluation of responsibility. The protester also questioned the validity of a preaward survey team determination that it could not perform the contrac...