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B-272001 1 (1996-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaehf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Deval Corporation File: B-272001 Date: August 14, 1996 Robert G. Fryling, Esq., and Edward J. Hoffman, Esq., Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, for the protester. Eric A. Lile, Esq., Gerald M. Dougherty, Esq., and Harry D. Boonin, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably declined to reverse nonresponsibility determination based on new information presented to agency after Small Business Administration had twice declined to issue a certificate of competency where the new information concerning personal lines of credit available to the protester's offerors did not establish that the offeror had the financial capacity to perform the contract. DECISION Deval Corporation protests the rejection of its offer under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00383-95-R-0274, issued by the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) for the repair and/or modification of 16 line items of Armament Handling Equipment (AHE). The protester argues that the contracting officer unreasonably declined to find the offeror responsible on the basis of new information submitted to the agency after the Small Business Administration (SBA) had twice declined to issue Deval a certificate of competency (COC). We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on June 26, 1995, contemplated the award of a firm, fixed-price, 3-year requirements contract, with two 1-year option periods. Award was to be made to the low-priced responsible offeror. Two offers were received by the October 13 amended closing date for receipt of proposals. Deval submitted the apparent low offer. A pre-award survey of Deval was requested by the contracting officer. As part of the survey, the Defense Contract Management Area Operations, Philadelphia (DCMAO) reviewed Deval's accounting system and financial capability. DCMAO 448814

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