https://www.gao.gov/products/125847

B-215717: Dec 17, 1984

A firm protested an Air Force contract award, contending that the awardee failed to meet solicitation requirements. GAO noted that, since the protester would not have been in line to receive the award had its protest been successful, it was not an interested party. Bid protest procedures require that a protester be an interested party for its arguments to be considered. Accordingly, the protest wa...

https://www.gao.gov/products/478604

B-215717: Dec 17, 1984

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - PROTESTER NOT IN LINE FOR AWARD DIGEST: A PROTESTER CHALLENGING A CONTRACT AWARD IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. ITS PROTEST THUS IS DISMISSED. WHERE IT WOULD NOT BE IN LINE FOR AWARD IF ITS PROTEST WERE UPHELD. A PARTY MUST BE "INTERESTED" BEFORE WE WILL CONSIDER ITS PROTEST. 4 C.F.R. A PARTY WILL NOT BE DEEMED INT...