B-214861, APR 12, 1984
Highlights
DIGEST: PROPRIETY OF AGENCY'S DECISION TO HOLD CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRINTING BOOKS MISDELIVERED TO THE WRONG LOCATION INVOLVES A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROCURING AGENCY RATHER THAN GAO UNDER ITS BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. PROTESTS THE DECISION OF A GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRINTING 400 BOOKS WHICH WERE MISTAKENLY DELIVERED BY THE PROTESTER TO THE WRONG LOCATION AND WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WERE THROWN AWAY. SUCH MATTERS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROCURING AGENCY AND ARE NOT CONSIDERED UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-214861, APR 12, 1984
DIGEST: PROPRIETY OF AGENCY'S DECISION TO HOLD CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRINTING BOOKS MISDELIVERED TO THE WRONG LOCATION INVOLVES A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROCURING AGENCY RATHER THAN GAO UNDER ITS BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
TECHNA-GRAPHICS INC.:
TECHNA-GRAPHICS INC. PROTESTS THE DECISION OF A GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPRINTING 400 BOOKS WHICH WERE MISTAKENLY DELIVERED BY THE PROTESTER TO THE WRONG LOCATION AND WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY WERE THROWN AWAY.
TECHNA-GRAPHICS' COMPLAINT INVOLVES A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. SUCH MATTERS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROCURING AGENCY AND ARE NOT CONSIDERED UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. PART 21 (1983). CAMEX INDUSTRIES, INC., B-211413, AUGUST 10, 1983, 83-2 CPD 196.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.