B-272552: Aug 13, 1996

A firm protested a proposed Navy contract award for full-service banking operations, contending that the Navy's award decision was unreasonable. GAO held that it would not consider the merits of the protest, since the required services were for the direct benefit of Navy personnel, and were not related to the Navy's mission. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-272552: Aug 13, 1996

Protest against the Department of the Navy's execution of an agreement with a bank for the provision of on-base banking services at a particular installation is dismissed as beyond General Accounting Office's jurisdiction where record shows that no procurement action relating to agency's mission. Maritime maintains that the Navy's selection was unreasonable. Firms were requested to provide various...