A firm protested the rejection of its low bid under a solicitation issued by the Veterans Administration (VA) for scheduled maintenance and emergency repair of its elevators. VA conducted a preaward survey of the protester's local facilities and found that it did not satisfy the minimum specification requirements in the areas of personnel, repair and replacement parts, and maintenance manuals. Con...

GAO WILL NOT DISTURB A PROCURING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT A FIRM IS NONRESPONSIBLE WHEN THAT DETERMINATION IS REASONABLY BASED ON REQUIREMENT FOR TIMELY RESPONSE TO DEMANDS FOR SERVICE AND THE SPECIFICATION SETS FORTH MINIMUM LEVELS OF REPAIR TEAMS. REPAIR PARTS AND MANUALS THAT CONTRACTOR MUST HAVE IN THE LOCAL AREA TO PROVIDE TIMELY SERVICE. REPAIR PARTS AND MANUALS THAT CONTRACTOR MUST HAVE...