B-220406: Nov 4, 1985

A firm protested a contract award to another firm under a Bureau of Prisons solicitation for residential care for federal offenders, contending that: (1) the awardee could not obtain the necessary zoning permit to perform the contract; (2) the awardee had a history of unsatisfactory performance and lacked business integrity; and (3) its performance under the contract would be superior in various r...

B-220406: Nov 4, 1985

GAO WILL NOT REVIEW A CHALLENGE TO A CONTRACTING AGENCY'S AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION WHERE THERE IS NO ALLEGATION OR SHOWING THAT THE CONTRACTING OFFICIALS ACTED FRAUDULENTLY OR IN BAD FAITH OR THAT THE SOLICITATION CONTAINED DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MET. PROTESTER'S DISAGREEMENT WITH THE CONTRACTING AGENCY'S EVALUATION OF THE RELATIVE MERITS OF THE PROTE...