B-233620: Feb 21, 1989

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) solicitation for warehouse services, contending that the bond requirements unduly restricted competition. GAO held that the protester failed to show that VA acted unreasonably or in bad faith in requiring bid, performance, and employee fidelity bonds to ensure uninterrupted, efficient performance and to protect the government from financial loss. Acc...

B-233620: Feb 21, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bonds - Justification - GAO review DIGEST: Protest that bonding requirements in an invitation for bids are unduly restrictive of competition is without merit where the protester fails to establish that the determination to require bonds was unreasonable or made in bad faith. Or to have the services performed in-house. Diversified alleges that these bonding requiremen...