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B-280267 1 (1998-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahuy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Carpenter's Pole & Piling File: B-280267 Date: July 17, 1998 Preston Carpenter for the protester. Laurie Ristino, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that a bid on a timber sale should have been rejected because it did not contain required information certifying whether or not the bidder has participated in previous contracts subject to a provision of an executive order concerning nondiscrimination in employment by government contractors and whether or not the firm has submitted required compliance reports under those contracts, is denied where the information did not relate to the bidder's performance obligation and therefore could be furnished at any time prior to award. DECISION Carpenter's Pole & Piling protests the acceptability of a bid submitted by DeSoto Logging, Inc. for Compartment No. 58 Timber Sale, offered by the DeSoto Ranger District, in the DeSoto National Forest. The protester alleges that the Forest Service improperly allowed DeSoto Logging to furnish, after bid opening, required information concerning whether or not the firm has participated in previous contracts subject to a provision of an executive order concerning nondiscrimination in employment and whether or not the firm has submitted required compliance reports under those contracts. We deny the protest. The Forest Service received sealed bids from Carpenter's Pole & Piling and DeSoto Logging by the time set for bid opening on June 4, 1998. Upon review of the bids, the Forest Service found that DeSoto Logging, which had submitted the high bid, had failed to complete a portion of the bid under the heading BIDDER INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS, which required bidders to certify whether or not they have participated in a previous contract subject to section 202 of Executive Order No. 11,246, 3 C.F.R. 167, 168 (1965) (concerning nondiscrimination in employment by government contractors), and whether or not the firm has submitted required compliance reports under those previous contracts. The Forest Service

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