B-230316: Jul 6, 1988

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for aircraft components, contending that the Air Force's failure to send it a copy of the solicitation prevented it from competing. GAO held that the Air Force's failure to send the solicitation to the protester did not constitute grounds for resoliciting the requirement, since the: (1) Air Force did not deliberately exclude the protester from competiti...

B-230316: Jul 6, 1988

11 proposals were received. A fact-finding conference was convened. Which is the component to be supplied under the protested contract. Cleveland Pneumatic was not solicited for the 1986 procurement. She was unaware of the firm until its representatives contacted her in March 1987 to express interest in competing for future procurements of F-15 wing skin components. Letter from Cleveland Pneumatic...