B-228593: Feb 29, 1988

A firm protested an Air Force solicitation for educational services, contending that the: (1) solicitation violated certain sections of the Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1986; and (2) Air Force improperly applied a statutory provision providing for the elimination of unnecessary duplication, since it used economic and logistical criteria. GAO held that the: (1) Air Force properly appl...

B-228593: Feb 29, 1988

Interim rules which implement statutory provision that allows for the elimination of unnecessary duplication of off-duty post secondary education program course offerings are consistent with statute. Solicitation which restricts the award of contracts for discrete course categories to a single educational provider for each category is legally unobjectionable where issued pursuant to a regulation c...