B-224251: Nov 25, 1986

A firm protested a Navy contract award for spectrometric oil analysis, contending that: (1) the Navy failed to follow its own internal procedures in issuing the solicitation; and (2) the awardee was nonresponsible because it did not have the necessary equipment, personnel, or facilities to perform the contract properly. GAO held that it would not consider: (1) an agency's alleged failure to follow...

B-224251: Nov 25, 1986

ALLEGED FAILURE BY CONTRACTING AGENCY TO COMPLY WITH INTERNAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING PREISSUANCE APPROVAL OF SOLICITATION IS A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION WITHIN THE AGENCY ITSELF RATHER THAN THROUGH THE BID PROTEST PROCESS. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT REVIEW CONTRACTING AGENCY'S AFFIRMATIVE DETERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITY ABSENT SHOWING OF POSSIBLE FRAUD OR BAD FAITH BY CONTRACTING OFFICIALS...