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B-270962 1 (1996-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaebu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Carter Chevrolet Agency, Inc. File: B-270962; B-270962.2 Date: May 1, 1996 Robert H. Koehler, Esq., and Lynn T. Burleson, Esq., Patton Boggs, L.L.P., for the protester. Seth Binstock, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Behn Miller, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly determined that awardee satisfied a definitive responsibility criterion requiring it to provide letter of commitment from automobile manufacturer is denied where the agency reasonably determined that letter of commitment constituted evidence of manufacturer's agreement to provide required vehicles in accordance with the requirements of the solicitation. 2. Protest that agency improperly allowed awardee to demonstrate compliance with definitive responsibility criterion after time set for submission of best and final offers is denied since evidence of compliance with matters of responsibility--such as definitive responsibility criteria--may be provided any time up to actual award. 3. General Accounting Office will not consider challenges to contracting officer's affirmative determination of awardee's responsibility absent evidence of bad faith; protester's contention that contracting officer improperly failed to further investigate awardee's responsibility based on protester's unsubstantiated allegations of impropriety by awardee does not meet this standard. DECISION Carter Chevrolet Agency, Inc. protests the award of a contract to McCombs Fleet Services, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. FCAP-X2-FLT96-N, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) to obtain commercially available two- wheel drive and four-wheel drive light trucks and similar passenger vehicles. Carter contends that the agency improperly waived a definitive responsibility criterion for the awardee, and that the contracting officer otherwise improperly determined McCombs to be a responsible contractor. We deny the protest. 21551

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