[Request for Reconsideration of Decision Involving Protest Against Navy Contract Award]

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision dismissing in part and denying in part its protest against a Navy contract award for laundry and dry cleaning supplies. GAO had held that the Navy properly rejected the protester's bid because a retired naval officer signed it, which constituted a sale to the federal government and, thus, violated a criminal statute prohibiting retired officers from participating in such sales. In its request for reconsideration, the protester argued that GAO did not have the authority to determine what activities constituted criminal statute violations. GAO held that: (1) it had the authority to determine that the Navy properly rejected the protester's bid, since the Navy would have violated its own regulations by accepting the bid; and (2) the protester failed to show that the original decision contained any factual or legal errors. Accordingly, the original decision was affirmed.