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B-289445 1 (2002-02-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaodc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General A a * Integrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Quality Trust, Inc. File: B-289445 Date: February 14, 2002 Robert J. Symon, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for the protester. Col. Michael R. Neds and Maj. Ralph J. Tremaglio, III, Department of the Army, and John W. Klein, Esq., and Gene Marie M. Pade, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where, following a contracting officer's determination that the protester is not responsible, the Small Business Administration declines to issue a certificate of competency, the contracting officer is not required to again review the protester's responsibility where the protester does not present new information on this subject. DECISION Quality Trust, Inc. (QTI) protests invitation for bids (IFB) No. DAKF19-01-B-0009, issued by the Department of the Army for asbestos abatement at Fort Riley, Kansas. QTI protests the agency's determination that QTI is a nonresponsible offeror, and the subsequent cancellation of the IFB. We deny the protest. On July 20, 2001, the agency issued the IFB as a total set-aside for HUBZone small business concerns. Five bids were submitted by the August 31 bid opening. The agency rejected the lowest-priced bid for failing to qualify as a HUBZone small business concern. The protester submitted the next-lowest bid of $2,180,735. After QTI verified its bid price, the agency conducted a pre-award survey to determine the responsibility of the firm. The agency interviewed financial and past performance references identified by QTI. The financial reference provided information, from which the contracting officer concluded that QTI did not have adequate financial resources to perform this contract. Army Report, Tab I, Army's

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