[Request for Reconsideration of Protest Against Army Contract Award]

A firm requested reconsideration of its protest against an Army contract award for pyrotechnic support services. GAO had held that the: (1) Army reasonably found the protester's proposal unacceptable, since the protester refused to offer fixed labor rates; and (2) protester untimely protested other alleged improprieties. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that: (1) GAO failed to address its protest of the Army's contracting program; (2) the Army accepted its proposal and had no authority to request final offers; and (3) GAO improperly determined that the solicitation required a fixed labor rate. GAO held that: (1) it would not consider the propriety of the Army's contracting program, since its bid protest function included only protests relating to particular procurements; (2) the protester failed to prove that GAO erred in dismissing as untimely its protest of the Army's request for final offers; and (3) the protester's mere disagreement with the original decision without evidence of errors of fact or law was not a basis for reconsideration. Accordingly, the request for reconsideration was denied.