B-219590.3: May 6, 1986

A labor union requested reconsideration of the dismissal of its protest against any award under a Navy solicitation for base operating support. GAO dismissed the protest on the basis that the protester was not an interested party. In its request for reconsideration, the protester maintained that it was an interested party because it was a directly affected party as defined by Office of Management...

B-219590.3: May 6, 1986

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS - ERROR OF FACT OR LAW - NOT ESTABLISHED DIGEST: DISMISSAL OF PROTEST IS AFFIRMED WHERE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION DOES NOT ESTABLISH THAT THE DISMISSAL WAS BASED ON ERROR OF FACT OR LAW. WE DISMISSED THE PROTEST ON THE BASIS THAT THE UNION LOCAL WAS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY WITHIN THE MEANING OF OUR BID PROTEST...