B-285514: Aug 7, 2000

A firm protested the Army's rejection of its bid for cargo containers, contending that its foreign-made products met the solicitation's Buy American Act requirements, since it refurbished the containers in the United States. GAO held that the Army reasonably determined that the protester's containers were foreign-made products ineligible for award consideration, since the refurbishing procedures u...

B-285514: Aug 7, 2000

DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that protester's refurbished foreign-made cargo containers were not domestic products eligible for an evaluation preference pursuant to the Buy American Act where the steps the protester takes to refurbish the imported containers in the United States do not constitute "manufacturing" within the meaning of the Act. That TRS's containers are not domestic end produ...