https://www.gao.gov/products/138741

B-234778: May 25, 1989

A firm protested a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) contract award for construction, contending that BIA should have rejected the proposed awardee's low bid as nonresponsive, since it failed to submit the required experience statement and liability insurance. GAO held that: (1) BIA properly did not reject the proposed awardee, since the experience information was a matter of bidder responsibility wh...

https://www.gao.gov/products/448828

B-234778: May 25, 1989

Bid is responsive despite bidder's failure to submit with bid evidence of subcontractor's previous asbestos abatement experience since information concerning firm's experience bears on responsibility and. Bid complies with solicitation requirement for liability insurance in connection with asbestos removal work and thus is responsive where bidder indicates that it will furnish liability insurance...