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B-187550 1 (1977-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsrr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0986 • THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES. WASHINGTON. .- .. 20548 FILE: B-187550 DATE: April 27, 1977 MATTER OF: Maywood Cab Company, Inc. DIGEST: Rejection of low bidder pursuant to contracting officer's determination- of nonresponsibility based on termination for default of similar contract 9 months earlier was improper where no preaward survey had been conducted in interim and earlier deficiencies were easily correctable, since FPR § 1-1.1205-2 requires information regarding per- .formance capability be as current as feasible in relation to date of award. However, since it- would be prejudicial to other bidders to.attempt'to re- construct factors affecting -Maywood's responsibility as a bidder at time of award, award will not be dis- turbed. Maywood Cab Company, Inc. (Maywood), protests the award of a contract to Bellwood-Hillside-Westchester Cab Company, Inc. (Bellwood), under solicitation No. 578-6-T issued by the Veterans Administration (VA), Hines, Illinois, for taxicab services. The solicitation was a total set-aside for small business concerns. A total of 10 firms was solicited and bids were received from five bidders. Bid opening was on September 15,. 1976, and Maywood was the apparent low bidder but was determined to be nonresponsible by the con- tracting officer for reasons of lack of tenacity andperseverance. This determination was apparently based on Maywood's termination for default of a similar contract in January 1976.. An up-to-date preaward survey was not conducted on Maywood although the evidence indicates that pre- award surveys were conducted on at least two other bidders, including. the successful one, on September 20, 1976. -1- -------------------------------------------- -~ ;~ i . .,....-. 7.

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