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B-182152 1 (1976-02-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER- GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES 5 :Y WASHINGTON. 0.c. 20548 FILE: B-181440, B-182152, B-184335 DATE: February 9, 1976 MATTER OF: Computer Machining Technology Corporation DIGEST: Protests alleging misuse by Government of protester's proprietary data are dismissed because, as provided in section 20.10 of GAO's Bid Protest Procedures, it is the policy of this Office not to render decisions on protest issues which are pending before a court of competent jurisdiction. Computer Machining Technology Corporation (CMT) filed protests with our Office concerning requests for proposals (RFPs) No. DSA700- 74-R-2796, DSA700-74-R-5497 and DSA700-75-R-2580, all issued by the Defense Supply Agency, Defense Construction Supply Center. Each of these RFPs, as originally issued, was for a part for which CMT was the only approved source. Each RFP was amended to add to the approved product list supplies manufactured by Precision Products, Inc. (Precision) . The essence of CHT's protests is that approval..of Precision as an alternate source could only have been accomplished through the Government's misuse and indirect disclosure of data proprietary to CMT. After two of the protests had been filed with our Office, CMT filed suit with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a preliminary injunction, on the basis that DSA had failed to adhere to the Armed Services Procurement Regulation in the addition of Precision as a new source and that the Government had misused, violated and indirectly divulged CMT's proprietary data to Precision. By order of the Federal District Court filed July 22, 1975, in the case of Computer Machining Technology Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, et.al, Civil Action No. 74-1452, protester's motion for a preliminary injunction was denied and the complaint was dismissed. CMT subsequently filed notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Protester has stipulated that each of its three protests is based upon the alleged violation of its proprietary data by DSA. Moreover, - 1-

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