B-224308, OCT 10, 1986, 86-2 CPD 421
Highlights
PROCUREMENT - BID PROTEST - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - INTERESTED PARTIES - SUSPENDED/DEBARRED CONTRACTORS DIGEST: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST FROM A SUSPENDED FIRM SINCE THE FIRM IS INELIGIBLE FOR A CONTRACT AWARD AND. IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY TO PROTEST. THE NLRB HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT AFTER FILING THE PROTEST ACME WAS SUSPENDED FROM CONTRACTING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. A PARTY MUST BE "INTERESTED" BEFORE OUR OFFICE WILL CONSIDER THE MERITS OF ITS PROTEST. 4 C.F.R. IS INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT EVEN IF ITS PROTEST WERE SUSTAINED. THE FIRM IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-224308, OCT 10, 1986, 86-2 CPD 421
PROCUREMENT - BID PROTEST - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - INTERESTED PARTIES - SUSPENDED/DEBARRED CONTRACTORS DIGEST: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST FROM A SUSPENDED FIRM SINCE THE FIRM IS INELIGIBLE FOR A CONTRACT AWARD AND, THEREFORE, IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY TO PROTEST.
ACME REPORTING COMPANY, INC.:
ACME REPORTING COMPANY, INC., PROTESTS THE ISSUANCE AS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (NLRB) INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 87-8B-00202, FOR REPORTING SERVICES.
THE NLRB HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT AFTER FILING THE PROTEST ACME WAS SUSPENDED FROM CONTRACTING WITH THE GOVERNMENT. UNDER OUR BID PROTEST REGULATIONS, A PARTY MUST BE "INTERESTED" BEFORE OUR OFFICE WILL CONSIDER THE MERITS OF ITS PROTEST. 4 C.F.R. SECS. 21.0(A) AND 21.1(A) (1986). SINCE ACME, BECAUSE OF THE SUSPENSION, IS INELIGIBLE FOR AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT EVEN IF ITS PROTEST WERE SUSTAINED, SEE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION, 48 C.F.R. SEC. 9.405 (1985), THE FIRM IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY. POTOMAC CONTRACTORS, B-223173, JUNE 3, 1986, 86-1 CPD PARA. 520.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.