B-232037: Nov 23, 1988

A firm protested the Navy's cancellation of a small business set-aside for training program support and resolicitation of the requirement on an unrestricted basis, contending that the Navy: (1) did not consider its proposed subcontractors; (2) should continue the competition as a set-aside; (3) improperly rejected all bids based on an undisclosed criterion that bidders perform 51 percent of the co...

B-232037: Nov 23, 1988

The contracting agency's determination that the protester's proposal was technically unacceptable was not unreasonable where the proposal failed to provide adequate information which was required by the solicitation and necessary for the proper technical evaluation of the proposal. It was not improper for the contracting officer to withdraw the set-aside. Is responsible for the development of oper...