B-239830: Oct 2, 1990

A firm protested the Army Corps of Engineers' rejection of its bid for recreation area construction, contending that: (1) the Corps improperly applied laws on individual sureties that were not in effect at the time it issued the solicitation; (2) its bid bond was acceptable; and (3) it did not make any false statements or present any false claims to the government. GAO held that the Army properly...

B-239830: Oct 2, 1990

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bid guarantees - Sureties - Acceptability Contracting officer's rejection of individual sureties as unacceptable was reasonable where attempts to verify the statement of assets of each surety were unsuccessful and certificates of sufficiency. Contained in each surety's affidavit of Individual Surety were questionable. The Corps of Engineers rejected Munford's bid pri...