B-216713: Mar 18, 1985

A firm protested an Army contract award asserting that it was improperly prohibited from competing because of the contracting officer's premature and unsupported nonresponsibility determination. The protester contended that the contracting officer erroneously determined that it had a high delinquency rate and that this determination was made through a desk audit instead of a full preaward survey....

B-216713: Mar 18, 1985

CONTRACTS - RESPONSIBILITY - DETERMINATION - REVIEW BY GAO - NONRESPONSIBILITY FINDING DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST A NONRESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION IS SUSTAINED WHERE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S BASIS IS COMPLETELY UNSUBSTANTIATED AND THE PROTESTER HAS SHOWN THAT THE PURPORTED DELINQUENCY RATE ON WHICH IT IS BASED IS INCORRECT. SIMPSON ASSERTS THAT IT WAS IMPROPERLY PROHIBITED FROM COMPETING BECAUSE OF...