B-280538: Oct 15, 1998

DIGEST Protest challenging nonresponsibility determination is denied where record provides reasonable basis for contracting officer's conclusion that protester's performance record was unsatisfactory based on seriously deficient recent past performance. S-KZ100-98-M-0376 to Interdean International Movers by the Department of State for packing and shipping goods belonging to a foreign service offic...

B-280538: Oct 15, 1998

A firm protested the Department of State's issuance of a purchase order for packing and shipping goods belonging to a foreign service officer who was being transferred, contending that State improperly determined that its lower quotation was nonresponsible. GAO held that State reasonably concluded that the protester's performance record was unsatisfactory based on seriously deficient recent past p...