A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its bid for asbestos removal, contending that the Air Force: (1) did not allow it sufficient time to obtain acceptable sureties for bid bonds; (2) arbitrarily and selectively enforced regulations concerning acceptance of individual sureties; and (3) failed to inform it of the difficulties it experienced in verifying the sureties' statements. GAO held t...

Contracting officer's rejection of individual sureties as nonresponsible is reasonable where certificates of sufficiency. Contained in each sureties' affidavit of Individual Surety were questionable and all other attempts to verify the statement of assets of each surety were unsuccessful and cast further doubt on the veracity of the sureties. Protester's new and independent ground of protest is di...