A firm protested a Navy contract award for facility construction, contending that the Navy: (1) improperly found its individual sureties unacceptable, since its sureties assets were greater than the difference between its bid price and the next acceptable bid; (2) failed to notify the Small Business Administration (SBA) after rejecting its bid; and (3) failed to request SBA assistance in determini...

Where the protester was rejected as nonresponsible for failing to provide the contracting officer with sufficient information to determine whether the sureties on the protester's individual surety bid bond were acceptable and the record shows the nonresponsibility determination was reasonably based. Rejection of the protester's bid was proper. Federal Acquisition Regulation provision which require...