B-201391: Dec 31, 1980

A company protested the award of a subcontract by a prime contractor with the Department of Energy (DOE). The company contended that the subcontract improperly failed to require the subcontractor to comply with legal minimum wage and fringe benefit requirements. GAO considers subcontract protests only in limited circumstances. GAO will not consider a protest against a subcontract award by a prime...

B-201391: Dec 31, 1980

DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST AWARD OF SUBCONTRACT BY PRIME CONTRACTOR WITH GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WHERE ONLY GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS APPROVAL OF AWARD. WE HELD THAT THE INTEREST CONTEMPLATED BY SECTION 20.1(A) WAS IN SUCH CASE REPRESENTED BY FIRMS THAT WOULD HAVE COMPETED IF THE OPTION HAD NOT BEEN EXERCISED. WE ARE NOT AWARE THAT ANY OFFEROR FOR THE SUBCONTRACT AWARD HAS PROTESTED THE MAT...