B-225063: Nov 5, 1986

A firm protested a Marine Corps contract award, contending that: (1) 50 percent of the awardee's equipment came from a Swedish firm; and (2) in accordance with the Buy American Act, the Corps should have applied an evaluation factor to the awardee's bid, which would have made the protester the low bidder. GAO held that it would not review the protester's contention that the awardee did not intend...

B-225063: Nov 5, 1986

WHETHER FIRM COMPLIES WITH ITS OBLIGATION TO DO SO IN PERFORMING THE CONTRACT IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. DESPATCH ALLEGES THAT MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BE SUPPLIED BY GEMINI WILL COME FROM A SWEDISH FIRM SO THAT. EVALUATION FACTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AGAINST GEMINI'S BID OF $112.114. WHETHER GEMINI IN FACT COMPLIES WITH THIS OBLIGATION IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADM...