B-224937: Nov 5, 1986

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for pallet stacking racks, contending that: (1) the solicitation was unduly restrictive; (2) DLA should have issued the solicitation as a small business set-aside; and (3) DLA should have awarded it the contract, since it was the low bidder. DLA terminated the contract because it found that the solicitation improperly restricted comp...

B-224937: Nov 5, 1986

PROCUREMENT - BID PROTEST - MOOT ALLEGATION - GAO REVIEW PROCUREMENT - COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION - CONTRACT AWARDS - ERRORS - CORRECTIVE ACTIONS - MOOT ALLEGATION DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST AWARD TO ANOTHER FIRM IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN TERMINATED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE AGENCY DETERMINED THE SOLICITATION IMPROPERLY RESTRICTED COMPETITION. JARKE SUB...