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B-197236,B-197236.2,B-197236.3 1 (1980-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvdw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TIIE COMPTROLLER GENER- DECISION OF THE UNITED STATEB WASHINGTON. 0. C. 205'48 FILE: B197236A DATE: July 28, 1980 B-197236.2; B-197236.3 MATTER OF: Auto Discount Rent-N-Drive Systems, Inc; Jerry's U-Drive, Inc.;.and George Corporation DIGEST: 1. Statement in Method of Award clause in IFB for car rental services that to be considered for award bidder must demon- strate that it has dispatching point located within 15 minutes travel time from passenger terminal is definitive criterion of responsibility. Upon review, GAO finds contracting officer acted reasonably in concluding awardee met criterion. 2. Questions of whether'firms have made ade- quate provisions for obtaining required. number and type of low-mileage rental cars and for coverage of rental operations during early morning hours are issues of responsibility requiring exercise of judg- me t by contracting officer and do not involve definitive responsibility matters which GAO will review. These three protests pertain to different line items of solicitation No. 7CF-51842/P5/7AV issued by the Federal Supply Service, General Services Adminis- tration (GSA) for bids to provide GSA's 'requirements for rental vehicles throughout the United States. Although each protest concerns an award or pending award under a line item for a different location, the issues they raise overlap and.they have been combined for purposes of decision. For reasons discussed below, one protest is denied; the other two are denied in part and dismissed in part. Each of the three protesters has, in effect, ques- tioned its competitor's responsibility: that is, whether that firm has the resources and ability to satisfacto- rily perform the contract. For many years, our Office

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