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[Protest Concerning Determination of Responsibility]

B-209314: Oct 29, 1982

A firm protested the intended award of a Navy contract, asserting that the proposed awardee's product did not comply with certain requirements contained in the solicitation and that the awardee's bid should therefore have been rejected as nonresponsive. GAO found that the protest related to the proposed awardee's responsibility as a prospective contractor. GAO does not review protests of affirmati...

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B-209314, OCT 29, 1982

B-209314: Oct 29, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST THAT AWARD SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO LOW BIDDER BECAUSE IT CANNOT MEET CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE IT INVOLVES A CHALLENGE TO AN AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY. THAT THESE DEVIATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPARENT TO THE NAVY DURING ITS PREAWARD SURVEY OF BEEKMAN. A BID IS "RESPONSIVE" IF. IT IS AN OFFER TO PERFORM THE EXACT THING CALLED FOR IN THE SOLICI...

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