B-201613.2:
Jan 27, 1982
A firm requested reimbursement for costs, including attorneys' fees, of pursuing a grant complaint regarding a procurement. The firm believed that, absent such reimbursement, claimants will be dissuaded from bringing illegal actions to the attention of GAO. However, GAO will not award the cost of pursuing a bid protest in direct Federal procurements absent specific legal authority to do so. Since...