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B-407268 1 (2012-11-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpeq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IS G A 0Comptroller General ~ty * Integrity * Rel lability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Patriot Construction, Inc. File: B-407268 Date: November 28, 2012 Christopher Cotta for the protester. Kate Gorney, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly awarded construction contract to firm whose state contractor's license had been suspended is denied because possession of state license is a matter of responsibility, and therefore awardee was properly allowed to rectify its license status after proposal due date and did so promptly. DECISION Patriot Construction, Inc., of Stockton, California, a small business, protests the award of a contract to K.O.O. Construction, Inc., of Sacramento, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA261-12-R-0055, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for storm drain expansion at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park Division, in California. Patriot argues that the VA failed to reject K.O.O.'s proposal because the firm's contractor license was suspended at the time of both proposal submission and award. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 14, 2012, the VA issued the RFP, seeking proposals from verified service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns (SDVOSB) to perform a storm drain expansion project. The RFP provided that award would be made to the firm that submitted the lowest priced, technically-acceptable proposal. RFP at 1. The RFP specified six evaluation factors: prime contractor's project experience, project personnel experience, technical/management approach, past performance,

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