KBT Contracting Corporation (B-422662.2)

You should not care.

Category: Past performance, compliance

Date: 12 December 2024

URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-422662.2

KBT Contracting Corporation protested the Army National Guard’s rejection of its proposal under RFP #W911YN-24-R-0002 for maintenance and construction services in Florida. The agency required past performance examples including at least one issued by a DOD component. KBT cited a demolition contract at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, which it claimed met this requirement.

The agency rejected KBT’s proposal after determining the cited contract did not conform to the FAR unique procurement instrument identifier (PIID) standards for DOD contracts. While KBT argued that the Florida National Guard is a DOD component, GAO noted the contract was governed by state law, paid for by Florida, and lacked required FAR clauses, disqualifying it as a DOD contract.

The protest was denied. KBT’s failure to provide required evidence on past performance highlights the importance of fully addressing solicitation criteria.

Digest

Procuring agency reasonably determined that protester’s past performance reference was not for a Department of Defense contract issued by a Department of Defense component where the contract number did not conform to Federal Acquisition Regulation requirements for numbering federal contracts and there was no other information in the proposal demonstrating that it was a Department of Defense contract.