B-212328.2: Sep 6, 1983

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed as untimely its protest against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) failure to request a wage rate determination for inclusion in a solicitation. NASA stated that the protester had filed a claim regarding the matter in a U.S. district court. GAO will not decide protests where the material issues are pending befor...

B-212328.2: Sep 6, 1983

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST WHERE THE MATERIAL ISSUE PRESENTED IS BEFORE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND THE COURT HAS NOT INDICATED AN INTEREST IN A GAO DECISION. IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS OFFICE NOT TO DECIDE PROTESTS OR COMPLAINTS WHERE THE MATERIAL ISSUES ARE PENDING BEFORE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION UNLESS THE COURT EXPRESSES AN INTEREST IN OUR DECISION. THE REQUEST FO...