B-290482: Aug 2, 2002

A firm protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract award for laundry transport services, contending that the awardee was not eligible for award. GAO held that VA properly determined that the awardee met its past performance criteria because of its affiliation with a subsidiary and was therefore eligible for award. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-290482: Aug 2, 2002

DIGEST Where offeror's proposal indicated that it was part of a family of wholly-owned subsidiaries and closely-held affiliates with interlocking officers and boards of directors. That the parent company would have significant involvement in the proposed effort. Hot Shot principally asserts that CSS was not eligible for award. Award was to be made to the responsible small business offeror whose co...