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B-195550.2 1 (1981-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAi DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-195550.2 DATE: March 23, 1981 MATTER OF: Marine Engineers Beneficial Assiation; Seafarers International Union-- equest for Recons ideration7 DIGEST: Prior decision holding unions' interests were too remote for unions to be considered inter- ested parties under GAO Bid Protest Proce- dures, based on fact that potential bidders constitute intermediate parties with greater interest in substance of protest, is affirmed where unions have not demonstrated error of fact or law. The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, District 2 (MEBA) and the Seafarers International Union (SIU);request reconsideration of our decisio, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association; Seafarers International Union, B-195550, December 5, 1980, 60 Comp. Gen. , 80-2 CPD 418,./n which we determined that MEBA and SIU are not intef'ested parties under our Bid Protest Procedures, 4 C.F.R. S 20.1(a) (1980). LThe substance of the unions' protest concerned the decision of the Department of the Navy, Military Sea- lift Command (MSC), to exercise an option under con- tracttj'No. N0033-75-C-T006 with Marine Transport Lines (MTL) 'o allow for the continued operation of nine oil tankers.., SWe held in our prior decision that the interests Iof MEDA and SIU were too remote for the unions to be considered interested parties within the meaning of our Procedures, and consequently we dismissed their protest. We based the decision principally on our conclusion that there are intermediate parties of greater interest for purposes of challenging the Navy's decision to exercise the option, namely, the , .1 I, ,

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