B-217334: Sep 9, 1985

A firm protested two Forest Service contract awards. GAO dismissed the protest against the first award because the protester was not an interested party under bid protest procedures. The protester objected to the second contract award, contending that: (1) the awardee's bid was not technically acceptable; and (2) the agency's acceptance of the bid without amending solicitation specifications gave...

B-217334: Sep 9, 1985

PROTESTER IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. WHERE THE PROTESTER WAS NOT IN COMPETITIVE RANGE AND. WOULD NOT BE IN LINE FOR AWARD EVEN IF ITS PROTEST WERE SUSTAINED. AS WAS REQUESTED BY THE SOLICITATION. WAS TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE. PROTEST THAT AWARDEE'S EMPLOYMENT OF STUDENTS CONTRAVENES GOVERNMENT POLICY OF SUBCONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND SMALL DISADVANT...