B-214013: Feb 14, 1984

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) rejection of its bid under an invitation for bids to procure and install electrical equipment. The protester believed that the rejection by GSA of sample equipment submitted with the bid resulted from careless, inaccurate testing, rather than from deficiencies in the samples. GAO found that, since the firm was suspended from contracting...

B-214013: Feb 14, 1984

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER PROTEST THAT GOVERNMENT'S CARELESS TESTING OF TOOL SAMPLES SUBMITTED WITH BID LED TO ERRONEOUS REJECTION OF BID AS NOT RESPONSIVE. BECAUSE PROTESTER IS INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD EVEN IF PROTEST WERE SUSTAINED. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT JONARD HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FROM CONTRACTING WITH THE GSA PENDING DEBARMENT PROCEEDINGS. REQUIRES THAT A PROTESTING PARTY HAVE SOME LEGITIMAT...