B-218512, MAY 2, 1985, 85-1 CPD 495
Highlights
BY AGENCY DIGEST: ALLEGATION THAT AGENCY IS FAILING TO CONDUCT A MARKER SURVEY PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE OF AN OPTION IS ACADEMIC WHERE AGENCY IS UNDERTAKING THE SURVEY. HAS FILED A PROTEST IN WHICH TEQCOM ALLEGES THAT THE ARMY IS EXERCISING AN OPTION UNDER CONTRACT NO. (THIS CONTRACT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A PRIOR PROTEST. HAVE NOW RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE ARMY. HAVE CONFIRMED BY TELEPHONE CALL TO TEQCOM. THAT THE AGENCY IS CONDUCTING A SURVEY BY REQUESTING QUOTATIONS FROM VENDORS. TEQCOM'S PROTEST IS ACADEMIC. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-218512, MAY 2, 1985, 85-1 CPD 495
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - MOOT, ACADEMIC, ETC. QUESTIONS - CORRECTIVE ACTION PROPOSED, TAKEN, ETC. BY AGENCY DIGEST: ALLEGATION THAT AGENCY IS FAILING TO CONDUCT A MARKER SURVEY PRIOR TO THE EXERCISE OF AN OPTION IS ACADEMIC WHERE AGENCY IS UNDERTAKING THE SURVEY.
TEQCOM, INC.:
TEQCOM, INC., HAS FILED A PROTEST IN WHICH TEQCOM ALLEGES THAT THE ARMY IS EXERCISING AN OPTION UNDER CONTRACT NO. DAAB07-84-D-0005 WITHOUT CONDUCTING A MARKET SURVEY. (THIS CONTRACT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A PRIOR PROTEST, TEQCOM, INC., B-212425, ET AL., APR. 24, 1984, 84-1 CPD 467.) HAVE NOW RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE ARMY, AND HAVE CONFIRMED BY TELEPHONE CALL TO TEQCOM, THAT THE AGENCY IS CONDUCTING A SURVEY BY REQUESTING QUOTATIONS FROM VENDORS, INCLUDING TEQCOM. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, TEQCOM'S PROTEST IS ACADEMIC.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.