B-208557.5: Jul 11, 1983

A firm protested the Navy's action of permitting an awardee under a contract to terminate its original subcontractor and substitute another. GAO held that the decision to substitute another subcontractor during performance of the contract is a matter of contract administration which is the responsibility of the procuring agency. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-208557.5: Jul 11, 1983

DIGEST: PROTEST THAT CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SUBSTITUTE SUBCONTRACTOR DURING PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT IS MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROCURING AGENCY RATHER THAN GAO UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. HSQ CONTENDS THAT THE NAVY'S BASIS OF AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO ATCHISON & KELLER WAS THAT OAK-ADEC WAS READY AND WILLING TO PERFORM AND THAT SINCE THIS BASIS OF AW...