B-221459: Apr 23, 1986

A firm protested Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contract awards for management broker services, contending that: (1) HUD, in order to ensure that a minority firm received the contract, failed to apply the solicitation's responsibility standards; (2) as a result of its protest against the first contract award, the contracting officer attempted to preclude it from bidding on two o...

B-221459: Apr 23, 1986

WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNTIMELY FILED. CONTRACTORS - RESPONSIBILITY - DETERMINATION - DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA WHERE A BIDDER IS FOUND TO BE RESPONSIBLE EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT MEET DEFINITIVE RESPONSIBILITY CRITERIA REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE SOLICITATION. QUESTIONS - AWARD MADE TO PROTESTER ALLEGATION THAT AGENCY IMPROPERLY RELAXED SPECIFICATIONS AND SOUGHT...