B-274807,B-274807.2: Jan 3, 1997

A firm protested the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rejection of its bid and subsequent contract award for automotive emissions testing, contending that EPA unreasonably evaluated the bidders' relative past performance and erroneously eliminated its bid from the competitive range. GAO held that: (1) EPA reasonably evaluated the bidders' past performance; and (2) the protester untimely fil...

B-274807,B-274807.2: Jan 3, 1997

DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's and awardee's past performance is denied. The protester's supplemental protest is dismissed. The contractor will be required to procure privately-owned vehicles. Offerors were also informed that in performing the contract they should "provide approximately 108 to 180 vehicles in order to perform approximately 360 tests within ea...