B-206954: Oct 4, 1982

A firm protested the award of a contract for air transit services at an Air Force base. Because the awardee's bid was signed by an Air Force member stationed at another base, the contracting officer proposed to reject the bid. The awardee protested the rejection to GAO, and the Air Force reviewed that protest. When the Air Force found that the member owned no interest in the awardee and had been a...

B-206954: Oct 4, 1982

THERE IS NO BASIS TO QUESTION AN AWARD ON THE LOW BID. CRIMSON WAS THE LOW BIDDER ON THE IFB. BECAUSE THE CRIMSON BID WAS SIGNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS A CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE AIR FORCE AT SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE. HEADQUARTERS FOUND THAT BEFORE THE IFB WAS ISSUED. THE BASIS OF SATELLITE'S PROTEST IS THAT THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTING THE CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT PERMISSION TO...