B-200237.2: Dec 4, 1980

CONTRACTS - SUBCONTRACTS - ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL - REVIEW BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE - ACTIVE AGENCY PARTICIPATION IN SUBCONTRACTOR SELECTION - WHAT CONSTITUTES PRIOR DECISION DISMISSING PROTEST OF SUBCONTRACTOR AWARD IS AFFIRMED WHERE EVIDENCE SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION. WILL EXAMINE PRIME CONTRACTOR'S METHODS FOR SELECTING SUBCONTRACTOR. WE DISMISSED REFLECTONE'S PRO...

B-200237.2: Dec 4, 1980

A company requested reconsideration of a decision concerning a protest of a subcontract award by a firm that was a prime contractor to the Department of the Navy. The request for reconsideration was based on additional evidence, which was not received by GAO until after the decision had been signed. The evidence consisted of a letter, in which it was stated that the methods employed by the firm in...