B-224171.3: Mar 19, 1987

A firm requested reconsideration of the denial of its protest against an Army contract award for facility construction. GAO had held that, because funding was available for the base items only and the protester was not the low bidder for those items, it was not entitled to award. In its request for reconsideration, the protester essentially reiterated its original arguments. GAO held that the prot...

B-224171.3: Mar 19, 1987

PROCUREMENT - BID PROTESTS - GAO PROCEDURES - GAO DECISIONS - RECONSIDERATION DIGEST: RECONSIDERATION REQUEST THAT MERELY REITERATES PRIOR ARGUMENTS IS DENIED. WE HELD THAT BUCHANAN WAS NOT ENTITLED TO AWARD BECAUSE FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE BASE BID ITEMS ONLY AND BUCHANAN WAS NOT THE LOW BIDDER ON THESE ITEMS. BUCHANAN'S TOTAL BASE BID WAS HIGHER THAN THE AWARDEE'S BASE BID. WE CONCLUDED THA...