B-231848.2: Jan 10, 1989

A firm protested the Army Corps of Engineers' rejection of its bid for storage system construction, contending that the Corps failed to: (1) provide it adequate opportunity to establish its individual sureties' financial capability; and (2) refer the matter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for certificate-of-competency (COC) consideration. GAO held that the Corps: (1) reasonably rejected...

B-231848.2: Jan 10, 1989

Rejection of protester's bid was proper where agency reasonably found that protester failed to provide sufficient information to permit finding the individual sureties on its bid bond acceptable. Since such determinations are based solely on the qualifications of the surety. Cascade was the low bidder for schedule A of the solicitation. Whichever was less. It was required to provide a completed Af...