A firm protested a Navy contract award for port rehabilitation, contending that none of the lower bidders met the experience and eligibility requirements of the solicitation. Bidder qualifications are a matter of responsibility which GAO will not review absent a showing of fraud or that definitive responsibility criteria were not applied. GAO found: (1) no indication that the agency went beyond th...

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) contract award for maintenance services, contending that: (1) the awardee's bid was nonresponsive because of a defective bid guarantee; and (2) an amended bid guarantee submitted by the awardee rendered the bid nonresponsive because it contained material alterations. The solicitation required a bid guarantee and stated that bidders would have a 60-da...

SOLICITATION PROVISION THAT BIDDER MAY BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING COMPARABLE WORK INVOLVES BIDDER RESPONSIBILITY THAT GAO DOES NOT REVIEW ABSENT A SHOWING OF POSSIBLE FRAUD ON THE PART OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICIALS OR THAT DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA WERE NOT APPLIED. SOLICITATION PROVISION THAT BIDDER MUST HAVE PERFORMED SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WITHIN...