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[Protest of VA Contract Award for Hauling Rubbish]

B-220493: Oct 17, 1985

A firm protested a Veterans Administration small business set-aside contract award contending that: (1) the awardee was not regularly established in the business; and (2) the awardee would subcontract a large portion of the work to a firm that was not a small business. GAO held that: (1) it does not review affirmative determinations of responsibility absent a showing of fraud or that definitive re...

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B-220493, OCT 17, 1985, 85-2 CPD 419

B-220493: Oct 17, 1985

GAO DOES NOT REVIEW AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY UNLESS PROTESTER SHOWS THAT DETERMINATION MAY HAVE BEEN MADE FRAUDULENTLY OR THAT DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA IN THE SOLICITATION WERE NOT MET. SOLICITATION REQUIREMENT THAT BIDDER BE REGULARLY ESTABLISHED IN RUBBISH HAULING BUSINESS IS NOT DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERION. WILL SUBCONTRACT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE WORK...

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