Company requested a reconsideration of a contract award for the procurement of 200 self-propelled howitzers. The previous decision upheld the Army's determination of nonresponsibility. GAO was and is without jurisdiction to entertain the protest because no appropriated funds were used in the procurement. (SW)...

PRIOR CONSIDERATION OF PROTESTED AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR 200 SELF PROPELLED HOWITZERS WAS UNWARRANTED SINCE INFORMATION PRESENTED ON RECONSIDERATION SHOWS THAT PROCUREMENT INVOLVED "DEPENDABLE UNDERTAKING" PURSUANT TO SECTION 22(A) OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES ACT. JURISDICTIONAL BASIS FOR CONSIDERING MATTER IS LACKING. PRIOR DECISION SHOULD BE DISREGARDED AND CASE IS DISMISSED. THAT IN OUR VIEW THE AW...