B-289613: Apr 5, 2002

A firm protested a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) contract award for manufacturing of woven shirting fabric, contending that the awardee did not meet BOP's requirement for similar or relevant contract past performance. GAO held that the awardee met this requirement since the solicitation did not define "similar or relevant" in terms of a dollar value. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-289613: Apr 5, 2002

Although those contracts were of lesser dollar value. They were for similar item. Award was to be made to the firm submitting the proposal deemed most advantageous to the government. BOP determined that Russell's proposal was the most advantageous to the government. Dan River argues that it was improper for the agency to assign a superior past performance rating to Russell's proposal because that...