B-228048: Dec 2, 1987

A firm protested an Army contract award to another firm for fire-fighting tools, contending that the: (1) Army improperly waived a certification requirement for the awardee without evaluating its bid samples; (2) awardee was not qualified, since it had not previously manufactured the tools; and (3) awardee failed to acknowledge solicitation amendments. GAO held that: (1) the solicitation did not r...

B-228048: Dec 2, 1987

General Accounting Office finds no merit to protester's contention that submission and evaluation of bid sample from small business bidder was mandatory when clear language of the certification waiver provision in solicitation provides only that agency may require submission and evaluation of bid samples. As the objective of the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) bid protest function is to ensure...