B-216180, AUG 31, 1984, 84-2 CPD 243
Highlights
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE - JURISDICTION - CONTRACTS - DISPUTES - CONTRACTS DISPUTES ACT OF 1978 - CRITERIA OF GAO REVIEW DIGEST: A CONTRACTOR'S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CANCELLATION OF ITS CONTRACTS CONSTITUTES A DISPUTE UNDER THE CONTRACT DISPUTES PROCEDURES AND IS NOT A MATTER FOR REVIEW UNDER GAO'S BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
B-216180, AUG 31, 1984, 84-2 CPD 243
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE - JURISDICTION - CONTRACTS - DISPUTES - CONTRACTS DISPUTES ACT OF 1978 - CRITERIA OF GAO REVIEW DIGEST: A CONTRACTOR'S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CANCELLATION OF ITS CONTRACTS CONSTITUTES A DISPUTE UNDER THE CONTRACT DISPUTES PROCEDURES AND IS NOT A MATTER FOR REVIEW UNDER GAO'S BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
UNITED INDUSTRIES:
UNITED INDUSTRIES (UNITED) PROTESTS THE ACTION TAKEN BY HILL AIR FORCE BASE (AIR FORCE) IN CANCELING ALL OF UNITED'S CONTRACTS.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. PART 21 (1984), WE CONSIDER WHETHER AN AWARD, OR PROPOSED AWARD, OF A CONTRACT COMPLIES WITH STATUTORY, REGULATORY, AND OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. EMPIRE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., B-213621.2, JAN. 12, 1984, 84-1 CPD PARA. 68. CANCELLATION OF EXISTING CONTRACTS CONSTITUTES A DISPUTE RELATING TO A CONTRACT FOR RESOLUTION UNDER THE CONTRACT DISPUTES PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO THE CONTRACTS DISPUTES ACT OF 1978, 41 U.S.C. SEC. 601 (1982). PANASONIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, B-213693, NOV. 30, 1983, 83-2 CPD PARA. 641.