B-290546: Jul 15, 2002

A firm protested the U.S. Marine Corps' contract award to four Federal Supply Schedule vendors for furniture to be installed at the Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia. GAO found that the protester's enabling statute provides for binding resolution of such disputes by an arbitration board. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-290546: Jul 15, 2002

DIGEST General Accounting Office will not review protest of agency's determination that Federal Prison Industry's (UNICOR) product was not comparable to private sector products. It was mandatory for the agency to use UNICOR products to meet the requirement. 18 U.S.C. In order to determine whether the UNICOR product is "comparable in price. If the product is determined not to be comparable. The Cor...