B-225644: Mar 20, 1987

A firm protested the Army's issuance of a project order to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for chemical purification, contending that the Army should not have issued the project order to the government agency, since it submitted a competitive, unsolicited proposal. GAO held that it would not review the Army's decision to issue the project order to TVA, since the Army did not issue a competiti...

B-225644: Mar 20, 1987

PROCUREMENT - SPECIAL PROCUREMENT - METHODS/CATEGORIES - IN-HOUSE PERFORMANCE - ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION - GAO REVIEW DIGEST: THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT REVIEW AN AGENCY DECISION TO ISSUE A PROJECT ORDER TO A FEDERAL AGENCY RATHER THAN CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICES. WHERE NO COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION WAS ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE COST OF CONTRACTING OUT. BOULDER CONTENDS TH...