A firm alleged that a contract award winner's low bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive because the equipment proposed by the firm did not comply with contract design specifications. Substitution of acceptable equipment, they claimed, violated established principles of competitive bidding, applicable Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, and State and Federal law. EPA questio...

REG. 42406 (1975) IS APPROPRIATE SINCE GAO CONCERN IS WITH EFFICACY OF AGENCY REVIEW IN FOSTERING GRANTEE COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS FLOWING FROM GRANT. 2. AGENCY'S ARGUMENT AGAINST GAO REVIEW OF GRANTEE AWARD BECAUSE THERE REMAINS UNRESOLVED LITIGATION BEFORE FEDERAL COURT IS REJECTED WHERE RECORD SHOWS MATERIAL ISSUES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY COURT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE BEFORE GAO. 3. BID WAS...