B-231628: Jul 28, 1988

A firm protested a Defense General Supply Center (DGSC) contract award for stepladders, contending that the awardee was ineligible for a labor surplus area evaluation preference, since it was not a manufacturer of the required equipment but merely assembled the components. GAO would not review the affirmative determination of the awardee's responsibility, absent a showing that DGSC acted fraudulen...

B-231628: Jul 28, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Contractor Qualification - Responsibility - Contracting officer findings - Affirmative determination - GAO review DIGEST: Protest that awardee will not perform the amount of work in labor surplus area as promised in its bid is a challenge of the contracting agency's affirmative determination of responsibility and is therefore not for General Accounting Office review except in limited...