B-278515: Feb 9, 1998

A firm protested a Bureau of Reclamation contract award for demolition and construction work, contending that the awardee did not satisfy various definitive responsibility criteria. GAO held that the : (1) general licensing requirement was a performance requirement, not a definitive responsiblity criterion, and need not be satisfied prior to award; and (2) Bureau reasonably determined that the awa...

B-278515: Feb 9, 1998

DIGEST General licensing requirement is a performance requirement. Protest that awardee did not satisfy various definitive experience criteria is denied where record establishes that the contracting officer had a reasonable basis for concluding that criteria were met prior to award. Was amended four times. In the "Foreword" to the solicitation the estimated "cost range" of the project was listed a...