B-274904: Nov 15, 1996

A firm protested an Army contract award for M14 blasting caps, contending that the Army failed to investigate whether the awardee was a manufacturer of the items under the Walsh-Healey Act. GAO held that the: (1) Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 eliminated the act's certification requirement; (2) issue of whether the awardee was a manufacturer had no practical relevance to contract per...

B-274904: Nov 15, 1996

Ensign-Bickford contends that the agency did not investigate whether STS was a manufacturer of the blasting caps under the Walsh-Healey Act. The contractual obligations imposed by Walsh-Healey were superseded by other statutes. The purpose of the Act then was described as an attempt "to restrict the bounty of government contracts to established manufacturers and dealers because they are most likel...