B-214111.2: Dec 17, 1984

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS - ISSUES IN LITIGATION DIGEST: GAO WILL DENY A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF A PROTEST DECISION BASED UPON A MEMORANDUM ORDER OF A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN A DIFFERENT CASE WHEN THE FACTS OF THE CASES ARE DISTINGUISHABLE. SINCE THE COURT'S ORDER IS PRELIMINARY. IN WHICH THE COURT INITIALLY FOUND THAT THE...

B-214111.2: Dec 17, 1984

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision in which GAO denied the firm's protest against the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The firm based its request upon a Memorandum Order of a U.S. district court. The firm contended that the order applied directly to its protest. GAO held that, although both cases involved cost realism analyses, the facts of the two cases were distinguishable. I...