Matter of: Aeronautical Components, Inc.; Aluminum Precision Products, Inc.; ECS Enterprises Ltd.; Eason and Waller; Royell Manufacturing, Inc. File: B-253719; B-253719.2; B-253719.3; B-253719.4; B-253719.5 Date: June 16, 1993
Highlights
PROCUREMENT Bid Protests Administrative policies GAO review Procurement Bid Protests Premature allegation GAO review Protests of agency intention to start charging a fee for solicitations are dismissed since they relate only to an announced policy and are not related to any specific solicitation. Utah that it will charge a $15 fee for solicitation packages under a one-year pilot test beginning July 1. Our bid protest jurisdiction under the Competition in Contracting Act is limited to complaints involving solicitations issued by federal agencies and awards made or proposed to be made under those solicitations. 31 U.S.C. We will not consider complaints about agency practices or policies. Since the complaints here concern only Hill's intention to charge a fee for solicitations and are not related to any specific solicitation.
Matter of: Aeronautical Components, Inc.; Aluminum Precision Products, Inc.; ECS Enterprises Ltd.; Eason and Waller; Royell Manufacturing, Inc. File: B-253719; B-253719.2; B-253719.3; B-253719.4; B-253719.5 Date: June 16, 1993
PROCUREMENT Bid Protests Administrative policies GAO review Procurement Bid Protests Premature allegation GAO review Protests of agency intention to start charging a fee for solicitations are dismissed since they relate only to an announced policy and are not related to any specific solicitation; a protest must relate to a solicitation or to an award or proposed award thereunder.
Attorneys
DECISION Aeronautical Components, Inc.; Aluminum Precision Products, Inc.; ECS Enterprises Ltd.; Eason and Waller; and Royell Manufacturing, Inc. protest the announcement by Hill Air Force Base, Utah that it will charge a $15 fee for solicitation packages under a one-year pilot test beginning July 1, 1993. The protesters state that this policy would restrict competition.
Our bid protest jurisdiction under the Competition in Contracting Act is limited to complaints involving solicitations issued by federal agencies and awards made or proposed to be made under those solicitations. 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3551-6 (1988); A. Moe & Co., Inc., 64 Comp.Gen. 155 (1985); 4 C.F.R. Sec. 21.1(a) (1993). Accordingly, in the absence of a solicitation, we will not consider complaints about agency practices or policies. Aguirre Architects, Inc.--Recon., B-230256.2, May 19, 1988, 88-1 CPD Para. 478 and ADI Sys. Consultants, B-231511, May 31, 1988, 88-1 Para. 518.
Since the complaints here concern only Hill's intention to charge a fee for solicitations and are not related to any specific solicitation, we cannot consider the protests.
The protests are dismissed.