A firm requested reconsideration of its dismissed protest of an Air Force contract award for engine generating sets. GAO had held that the protester was not sufficiently interested to protest the award, since it was not an offerer. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that it: (1) had an economic interest in the procurement, since it was a major subcontractor to one of the o...

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO Procedures - Interested Parties - Direct Interest Standards DIGEST: Firm is not an interested party to protest an award since it is a prospective subcontractor and would not be in line for award even if the protest were sustained. Incorporating two lightweight engine generating sets. dismissed Alturdyne's protest because Alturdyne was not an interested party since...