B-224308: Oct 10, 1986

A firm protested the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) issuance of a solicitation as a small business set-aside. GAO held that, since the protester was suspended from government contracting after it filed its protest, it was not an interested party because it would be ineligible for award even if its protest were sustained. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-224308: Oct 10, 1986

PROCUREMENT - BID PROTEST - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - INTERESTED PARTIES - SUSPENDED/DEBARRED CONTRACTORS DIGEST: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER A PROTEST FROM A SUSPENDED FIRM SINCE THE FIRM IS INELIGIBLE FOR A CONTRACT AWARD AND. IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY TO PROTEST. THE NLRB HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT AFTER FILING THE PROTEST ACME WAS SUSPENDED FROM CONTRACTING WITH...