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B-271236.3 1 (1996-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaedl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Jay Jackson & Associates File: B-271236.3 Date: September 10, 1996 Jay R. Jackson for the protester. Lila Hamblin, Department of Agriculture, 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 Where bidder failed, after being given repeated opportunities, to furnish documentation which adequately supported the acceptability of proposed individual surety, the agency reasonably found the surety unacceptable and properly rejected the bid. DECISION Jay Jackson & Associates (JJA) protests the rejection of its bid and the award of a contract to Harvest Construction Company under invitation for bids (IFB) No. R3-12-96-04, issued by the Department of Agriculture for the construction of a road at Simpson Lake. JJA asserts that its bid was improperly rejected on the basis that its proposed individual bid bond surety was unacceptable.1 We deny the protest. 1We previously dismissed JJA's protest for failure to file comments on the agency report, or request an extension within 14 calendar days after receipt of the report as required by our Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. § 21.3(h) (1996). While we had received a letter from the protester dated after the report due date, it appeared to seek only general guidance regarding the use of individual sureties and did not directly address the material presented in the agency report. The protester subsequently explained that it had intended the May 6 letter to constitute its comments on the report. Under these circumstances, we will consider the merits of the protest. 1224710

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