B-258769: Feb 14, 1995

A firm protested a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) solicitation for substation transformers, contending that: (1) BIA improperly set aside the procurement for exclusive Indian participation; (2) BIA may have had a prearrangement with the proposed awardee; and (3) the proposed awardee was ineligible for award. GAO held that: (1) BIA did not abuse its discretion in restricting the procurement to Indi...

B-258769: Feb 14, 1995

Where the record does not support the protester's allegations that the set-aside was a ploy to award the contract to a bidder. With which BIA may have had a prearrangement even though the bidder is not an eligible Indian economic enterprise. In that the set-aside was assertedly a ploy to award the contract to Shawnee Electric Company. With which BIA may have had a prearrangement. Were nonresponsiv...