B-274315.2: Oct 18, 1996

A firm requested reimbursement for its protest costs pursuant to its academic protest of an Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) delivery order for warehousing, maintenance, and inventory services, contending that: (1) the services sought under the delivery order were outside the scope of the awardee's technical support contract; (2) CECOM improperly denied it an opportunity to compete...

B-274315.2: Oct 18, 1996

Contracting agency terminated delivery order issued under a small disadvantaged business's section 8(a) contract 3 weeks after another section 8(a) firm protested that the order was outside the contract's scope and denied the protester the chance to compete for the work. Protester is not entitled to protest costs notwithstanding its section 8(a) status since the General Accounting Office's concern...