B-220278: Nov 13, 1985

A firm protested an Army solicitation for meals, lodging, and transportation for recruits, contending that the solicitation unduly restricted competition to firms that could provide facilities within a limited geographical area. GAO found that: (1) a consultant firm filed the protest on behalf of the protester; and (2) the protester was also a consulting firm which had no intention of competing fo...

B-220278: Nov 13, 1985

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - DIRECT INTEREST CRITERION DIGEST: CONSULTING FIRM WHICH IS NOT A POTENTIAL BIDDER IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY UNDER GAO'S BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION. THE PROTEST WAS FILED BY DON STRICKLAND'S CONSULTANT AND ADVISORY SERVICE. WHICH WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PROTEST AS "A SMALL BUSINESS. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT PRISCIDON...