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Protest Alleging Awardee Does Not Meet Solicitation Experience Requirement

B-200660: Mar 16, 1981

A firm protested the award of a contract contending that the low bidder and second low bidder did not meet the 2-year similar experience requirement contained in the invitation for bids (IFB) and that they materially unbalanced their bids. The agency admitted that the awardee alone did not meet the requirement but that, in conjunction with its proposed subcontractor, it did meet the requirement. T...

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B-200660, MAR 16, 1981

B-200660: Mar 16, 1981

CONTRACT EXPERIENCE OF PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTOR MAY BE USED IN DETERMINING WHETHER BIDDER/PRIME CONTRACTOR MEETS SOLICITATION EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT SINCE BIDDER WAS ALSO PRIME CONTRACTOR ON PREVIOUS SIMILAR CONTRACTS. 2. PROTESTER HAS NOT CARRIED BURDEN OF PROVING THAT AWARDEE'S BID WAS MATERIALLY UNBALANCED IN ORDER TO STAY WITHIN COST LIMITATION. THE AWARD WAS MADE UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)...

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