B-215456, JUN 12, 1984
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST THAT AGENCY SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED OPTION TO EXTEND CONTRACT IS DISMISSED BECAUSE WHERE AN OPTION IS EXERCISABLE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT THE DECISION NOT TO DO SO IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION NOT FOR REVIEW BY GAO. WHERE AN OPTION IS EXERCISABLE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. AS IS APPARENTLY THE CASE HERE. THE DECISION NOT TO EXERCISE THE OPTION IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND THEREFORE IS NOT A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-215456, JUN 12, 1984
DIGEST: PROTEST THAT AGENCY SHOULD HAVE EXERCISED OPTION TO EXTEND CONTRACT IS DISMISSED BECAUSE WHERE AN OPTION IS EXERCISABLE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT THE DECISION NOT TO DO SO IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION NOT FOR REVIEW BY GAO.
TOTAL MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED:
TOTAL MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED (TMI) PROTESTS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY'S DECISION NOT TO EXERCISE AN OPTION
EXTEND TMI'S CURRENT CONTRACT FOR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.
WHERE AN OPTION IS EXERCISABLE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT, AS IS APPARENTLY THE CASE HERE, THE DECISION NOT TO EXERCISE THE OPTION IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND THEREFORE IS NOT A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. WASHINGTON PATROL SERVICE, INC., B-206197, FEB. 17, 1982, 82-1 CPD PARA. 143.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.