B-251569.2: Mar 16, 1993

A firm protested a U.S. Marshals Service contract award for vehicle towing, storage, maintenance, and disposal services, contending that the Marshals Service should have: (1) rejected the awardee's bid as materially unbalanced based on defective government estimates; and (2) found the awardee nonresponsible, since it substituted an alternate storage facility after award. GAO held that the proteste...

B-251569.2: Mar 16, 1993

PROCUREMENT Bid Protests GAO procedures Interested parties Direct interest standards Protester does not have the direct economic interest to be considered an interested party to protest that the awardee's offer is materially unbalanced or to challenge the agency's affirmative determination of the awardee's responsibility where the record shows that even if the protest were sustained. The protester...