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[Protest of IFB Requirement for License To Perform Services]

B-208443: Nov 17, 1982

An individual protested the inclusion in an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invitation for bids of a clause requiring prospective contractors to be licensed to perform the security guard services being solicited. The protester contended that the clause was overly restrictive of competition. However, due to the nature of the security and guard services to be provided by the contractor, GAO he...

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B-208443, NOV 17, 1982

B-208443: Nov 17, 1982

IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE FOR THE PROCURING AGENCY TO REQUIRE THAT THE OTHERWISE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER SHOW. THAT IT IS LICENSED BY THE STATE IN WHICH THE SERVICES ARE TO BE PERFORMED. JOLLEY CONTENDS THAT THE CLAUSE IS OVERLY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION. THE PROTEST IS DENIED IN PART AND DISMISSED IN PART. THIS CONTRACT IS TO BE PERFORMED AT EPA'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY IN ATHENS. JOLLEY PROTE...

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