B-215282: May 29, 1984

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency contract award for warehouse vehicles, expressing doubt that the awardee could successfully produce the vehicles. A firm's capability of producing an acceptable product is a matter of responsibility. GAO will not review affirmative determinations of responsibility absent a showing of fraud or bad faith on the part of procuring officials or that definitiv...

B-215282: May 29, 1984

WHETHER PLYMOUTH HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING AN ACCEPTABLE VEHICLE IS A MATTER OF RESPONSIBILITY. WE DO NOT REVIEW AN AGENCY'S AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY UNLESS THERE IS A SHOWING OF POSSIBLE FRAUD OR BAD FAITH ON THE PART OF PROCURING OFFICIALS OR THAT THE SOLICITATION CONTAINS DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA WHICH THE PROCURING OFFICIALS FAILED TO APPLY. NEITHER EXCEPTION...