B-228071: Dec 3, 1987

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of its bid for the relocation of an installation post office as a small business set-aside, contending that the: (1) Navy improperly refused to award it a contract because of debarment proceedings for alleged violations of the Davis-Bacon Act; (2) Navy should have waited for the outcome of its appeal before deciding to reject its bid; and (3) contracting offic...

B-228071: Dec 3, 1987

Procurement - Socio-Economic Policies - Small Business 8(a) - Subcontracting - Contract Awards - Administrative Discretion DIGEST: Contracting officer's determination not to agree to award of a section 8(a) contract to a firm proposed for debarment by the Department of Labor is within the agency's broad discretion in section 8(a) contracting and. Is legally unobjectionable. There is no showing of...