B-215755, JUL 24, 1984, 84-2 CPD 108
Highlights
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - DIRECT INTEREST CRITERION DIGEST: LABOR UNION PROTEST ALLEGING THAT AWARDEE HAD AN UNFAIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND PARTICIPATED IN COLLUSIVE BIDDING PRACTICES IS DISMISSED BECAUSE UNION IS NOT AN "INTERESTED" PARTY FOR PURPOSES OF THESE ISSUES UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. WE DO NOT FIND THE UNION TO BE AN INTERESTED PARTY IN THIS CASE FOR PURPOSES OF QUESTIONING THE PROPRIETY OF AWARD TO ANDERSON BECAUSE OTHER BIDDERS ON THE SOLICITATION ARE INTERMEDIATE PARTIES OF GREATER INTEREST.
B-215755, JUL 24, 1984, 84-2 CPD 108
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - DIRECT INTEREST CRITERION DIGEST: LABOR UNION PROTEST ALLEGING THAT AWARDEE HAD AN UNFAIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND PARTICIPATED IN COLLUSIVE BIDDING PRACTICES IS DISMISSED BECAUSE UNION IS NOT AN "INTERESTED" PARTY FOR PURPOSES OF THESE ISSUES UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 1547:
THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION 1547, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (UNION), PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO ANDERSON AND WOOD CO. (ANDERSON). THE UNION ALLEGES THAT ANDERSON HAD AN UNFAIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND PARTICIPATED IN COLLUSIVE BIDDING PRACTICES.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PARTY BE "INTERESTED" IN ORDER THAT ITS PROTEST BE CONSIDERED. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.1(A) (1983). WE DO NOT FIND THE UNION TO BE AN INTERESTED PARTY IN THIS CASE FOR PURPOSES OF QUESTIONING THE PROPRIETY OF AWARD TO ANDERSON BECAUSE OTHER BIDDERS ON THE SOLICITATION ARE INTERMEDIATE PARTIES OF GREATER INTEREST. SEE UNION OF PUBLIC WORKS CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO BAY EMPLOYEES, B-214206, MARCH 12, 1984, 84-1 CPD PARA. 286.