https://www.gao.gov/products/118470

B-206325: May 24, 1982

An individual protested a General Services Administration determination that her firm was ineligible for award of a small business set-aside contract for custodial services. The contracting officer rejected the firm's low bid because it was determined that the company was substantially owned and controlled by a Government employee. Federal regulations require that contracts shall not knowingly be...

https://www.gao.gov/products/450319

B-206325: May 24, 1982

CONTRACTING AGENCY DID NOT ACT IMPROPERLY IN REJECTING LOW BID FROM CONCERN SUBSTANTIALLY CONTROLLED BY EMPLOYEE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE SUCH CONTRACTS ARE UNDESIRABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED EXCEPT WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT OTHERWISE BE REASONABLY SUPPLIED. 2. NEGOTIATIONS AND DEALINGS WITH AGENCY WERE CONDUCTED BY HUSBAND OF A BIDDER WHO WAS THEN. IS NOW. A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE AND B...