A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its bid for housing repair and roofing, contending that the Air Force first improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive, then determined that it was nonresponsible because of irregularities in its surety bond. GAO held that the Air Force reasonably determined that the net effect of discrepancies and irregularities in the protester's individual surety...

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bid guarantees - Sureties - Acceptability DIGEST: Low bid was properly rejected on the basis that individual bid bond surety was nonresponsible where the contracting officer had a reasonable basis to question the accuracy and sufficiency of the surety's evidence of financial acceptability and net worth. The Air Force determined that Allied's bid was unacceptable beca...