https://www.gao.gov/products/139727

B-237084: Oct 6, 1989

A firm protested a Forest Service contract award for forest services, contending that the Service acted in bad faith in: (1) determining that the awardee was responsible; and (2) failing to forward that determination to the Small Business Administration under certificate-of-competency procedures. GAO would not review the protest, since the protester failed to show that the Service acted in bad fai...

https://www.gao.gov/products/437543

B-237084: Oct 6, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Contractor Qualification - Responsibility - Contracting officer findings - Affirmative determination - GAO review DIGEST: The General Accounting Office will not review an affirmative responsibility determination absent a showing of possible fraud or bad faith or that definitive responsibility criteria were not applied. Forestry Association contends that Fox is not a responsible firm...