A firm protested a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contractor's subcontract award for security guard services, contending that the prime contractor should have awarded it the contract, since it was the low, responsive bidder. GAO held that: (1) the prime contractor did not act as a middleman for the government in the procurement; (2) HUD was not involved in the development of the...

PROCUREMENT Bid Protests GAO authority PROCUREMENT Bid Protests Prime contractors Contract awards Subcontracts GAO review Protest challenging award of subcontract by Department of Housing & Urban Development prime contractor is dismissed as outside General Accounting Office (GAO) jurisdiction where subcontractor selection was not made "by or for" the government. JSC is responsible for providing al...