B-212530: Sep 30, 1983

A firm protested the award of a contract to any other bidder under an invitation for bids (IFB) issued by the District of Columbia's Department of General Services. The District intended to award the contract to the low bidder for the base bid because there were insufficient funds available to award a contract for more than the base items. The protester alleged that the apparent low bidder was non...

B-212530: Sep 30, 1983

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST WHERE THE SAME ISSUES ARE PENDING BEFORE A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND THE COURT HAS NOT REQUESTED OR OTHERWISE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN A GAO DECISION. THAT IS. BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO ANY OF THE BIDDERS FOR MORE THAN THE BASE ITEMS. IS NONRESPONSIVE IN THAT IT "NO BID" SEVERAL ADDITIVE ITEMS. THE PROTESTER FURT...