B-205070: May 3, 1982

A firm protested an agency's determination that it was not a responsible bidder under a solicitation for printed matter. The protester submitted the low responsive bid under the solicitation. However, the Government Printing Office (GPO) declared the protester nonresponsible and rejected the bid based on the firm's record of late deliveries for a similar product. GPO had recently terminated a cont...

B-205070: May 3, 1982

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT DISTURB A PROCURING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT A FIRM IS NONRESPONSIBLE WHEN THAT DETERMINATION IS REASONABLY BASED ON THE FIRM'S RECENT HISTORY OF LATE DELIVERIES. PROTESTS THE DETERMINATION THAT IT IS A NONRESPONSIBLE BIDDER UNDER SOLICITATION NO. 352-773/774 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (GPO) FOR THE PRINTING OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE EXPRESS MAIL LABELS...