PROTEST BY UNSUCCESSFUL BIDDER FOR SUBCONTRACT UNDER PRIME CONTRACT AWARDED BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES IS NOT CONSIDERATION BY GAO AS GOVERNMENT'S ONLY INTEREST IN PROJECT WAS AWARD OF AN INTEREST GRANT BY FEDERAL AGENCY TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TO REDUCE COST OF ITS BORROWING FUNDS FROM PRIVATE SOURCE FOR CONSTRUCTION. THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THE PROJECT IS $4. FE...

A firm protested its rejection as a subcontractor on a construction contract. An educational institution awarded prime contracts to a plumbing and heating firm for mechanical construction and to an another firm for architectural and consulting services. The plumbing and heating firm selected the protester as a subcontractor, but the architectural firm rejected its selection because the protester w...