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B-202510.2 1 (1981-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjph0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I a ' 4 DECISION FILE: B-202510.2 MATTER OF: Northern Virginia Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.-- Reconsideration DIGEST: 1. Burden is on protester to file complete--i.e., fully briefed--initial protest submission since all issues raised by submission are reviewed to determine if agency report is necessary or, if it is clear, protest is without merit and should be decided on that basis. 2. Requirement that bidder be certified as minority firm at time of bid opening was correctly char- acterized in prior decision as matter of eligi- bility to compete for particular procurement. 3. Request for conference in connection with request for reconsideration will be granted only where, unlike present case, matter cannot be promptly resolved without conference. The Northern Virginia Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (Associated Builders), requests reconsideration of our decision, Northern Virginia Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., et al., B-202510, April 24, 1981, 81-1 CPD 318, in which we dismissed the protest to the extent that it challenged the validity of the laws of the District of Columbia (D.C.) and summarily denied the remainder of its protest which alleged that D.C.'s actions were contrary to the applicable principles of procurement law. Associated Builders argues that GAO's summary denial, coming after D.C.'s request that the protest be dismissed since GAO does not consider the constitu- tionality of statutes, was unreasonable and precluded Associated Builders from adequately presenting its position on the other issues raised by its protest. Associated Builders contends-that our decision 1'A THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 DATE: August 3, 1981 I I ;: I I 7' - -_ /-' - , -

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