B-232326: Sep 1, 1988

A firm protested a proposed second-tier subcontract award for a steering control subsystem under a Navy contract for shipbuilding, contending that the: (1) subcontractor improperly conducted a sole-source procurement; and (2) Navy improperly approved its contractor's proposed value engineering change proposal. GAO would not review the protest, since the: (1) subcontractor did not make the award fo...

B-232326: Sep 1, 1988

General Accounting Office (GAO) will not review a proposed award by a second-tier subcontractor because the award is not by or for the government as required for GAO to review subcontractor protests. A protest allegation that an agency improperly approved a value engineering change proposal is not for review by General Accounting Office since allegation involves a matter of contract administration...