A firm protested an Army contract award for a missile part, contending that the Army improperly awarded the contract to a firm that was not an approved source. GAO held that the protest was academic, since the Army did not award the contract to the firm that was the subject of the protest, but to another, approved source. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - Moot allegation - GAO review DIGEST: Protest against an award to a firm is academic where the award was not made to that firm but rather to another firm. Creative contends that G&D should not have received the award because. The firm is not an approved source for the Patriot Missile repair part being purchased. The agency advises us that its notice of award sent to Cre...