B-227157: Aug 17, 1987

A firm protested a Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) contract award to another firm for flying helmets, contending that DPSC improperly: (1) added a Buy American Act differential to its bid price; and (2) denied it a waiver of the differential, since it offered a domestic product. GAO held that: (1) it would not review the DPSC determination to deny the protester a waiver; and (2) DPSC prope...

B-227157: Aug 17, 1987

The decision not to reopen discussions will not be disturbed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) so long as the agency reasonably exercises its discretion in making that decision. In determining whether it is in the government's best interest to reopen discussions after best and final offers. General Accounting Office will not review an agency determination not to waive Buy American Act require...