A firm requested reconsideration of its dismissed protest against the Department of Agriculture's rejection of its bid for label affixers. GAO had held that Agriculture properly rejected the protester's bid, since the protester's product did not satisfy the solicitation requirements. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that GAO did not address issues it raised concerning th...

Is denied where protester. By virtue of the rejection of its own proposal on another ground (which action GAO upheld in its prior decision and has not been asked to reconsider) was not eligible for award of the contract and therefore not an "interested party" under GAO's Bid Protest Regulations for purposes of challenging the award to another. The request for reconsideration is denied. That the fi...