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[Protest of USGS Contract Awards]

B-211162: Mar 31, 1983

A corporation protested several contract awards to a university's geological observatory by the U.S. Geological Survey. The protest was filed "in the interest and the name of the people of the United States." Bid protest procedures require that the protester meet the criterion of an interested party, where the asserted interest is established and direct. GAO stated that the protester did not meet...

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B-211162, MAR 31, 1983

B-211162: Mar 31, 1983

WE DISMISS THE PROTEST BECAUSE SAVE COLUMBIA IS NOT AN "INTERESTED PARTY" UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. WE EXAMINE THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE ASSERTED INTEREST IS BOTH ESTABLISHED AND DIRECT. THE INTERESTS INVOLVED IN WHETHER THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT IS PROPER ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED BY LIMITING THE CLASS OF PARTIES ELIGIBLE TO PROTEST TO DISAPPOINTED BIDDERS OR OFFERORS. WE HAVE CONSIDERED PROTE...

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