A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its bid for launch services, contending that the Air Force: (1) based its procurement on an inapplicable directive; (2) did not evaluate bids in accordance with the specified criteria; (3) failed to conduct meaningful discussions with it; (4) failed to amend the solicitation to reflect its changed requirements; and (5) unreasonably required a license t...

DIGEST: Contracting agency reasonably determined that offeror was not a responsible prospective contractor where contracting officer concluded that offeror may not be able to meet proposed delivery schedule since it had been denied import license necessary to perform in the manner which it proposed. It was incumbent upon the offeror to obtain the import license necessary to perform the contract in...