B-200831.2: Feb 26, 1981

A firm protested any consideration by the Army Armament Materiel Readiness Command of a value engineering change proposal (VECP) submitted by a second firm. The protester also requested an appropriate investigation into the matter, contending that the VECP involved the unauthorized use of the protester's proprietary data. GAO held that the matter in question was basically a dispute between private...

B-200831.2: Feb 26, 1981

GAO WILL NOT ADJUDICATE DISPUTE BETWEEN PRIVATE PARTIES AS TO RIGHTS IN DATA. 2. GAO WILL NOT CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS PURSUANT TO ITS BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. WE ARE DISMISSING THE PROTEST. THE VECP CONTAINS A PROPOSAL BY HECKETHORN TO DEVELOP A CERTAIN PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GRENADES WHICH IS BASED ON A CONCEPT INITIALLY DEVELOPED BY KISCO AND WHICH INVOLVES THE UNAUTHORIZED USE O...