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B-187908 1 (1978-12-27)

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                                          THE  COMPTROLLUM WENEAL
                  DPICISON      .       . OP  THE   U   ITWe    VTATEmS
                0                             *WHgINYTON.  D.O.  Rosee


                  PILE: B-17908                 DATE:     gt.  gy, agm
                  MATTER  OF: Lebo Trucking and Merchants Wholesale
                                Distributing Co.
                 DIGEST:

                     Where protest ris'es same issue am is now rendihg in appellate
                     court; protester has requested injunctive relief pending appel-
                     late court's determination rather than GAO's determination;
                     and nditther appellate court decidizig'ubstantive issue nor
                     Distribt Court deciding injunctive issue has indicated any
                     interest in our views, protest is dismissed.
     .              I LetoTriddngand: Merchaits Wholesale Distributing Co. (Lebo/
                Merchants) 'pioeite the award by the Department of Defense -Military
                Traffic Miabent   Ciniid  (l'MTM)- offany contract pursuant to
                MTMC's  %izgust 10,r10Gi7i iin6to submit6ratesjfor mvement
                of pia       bprior to fial determinatirns of legal
                issues bythe 19tIh Circuh Court of A'p1uhn peddnig divil Action
                No. 76-3092. Leb/Merchanft supplements this protest ith i veral
                additionit prdcests, :hamelv (1) pr't'est is inide to aniy disualifica-
                tion of fLeboIMetch tifor failure fo'hbld ICC bterftingauthority;
                (2) protestis 'made   award of coritract puruzynt to thirinvita-
                tion toTnyi qCc'irti icated carrier iithout pi4'4etermination by
                the De    t  of Diiense that inch ICC-certificted' carier ntends
                toandV   in fact peffr i d has inthe past psrioirnied, uch
                Governumient aubsiatence ementin equipmentunder the exclusive
                and direct' coitrol'ardfl.ir i'of the ICC-certlficated carrier,
                and, not iuiiuant to afDivisionnof Reverie, Subhailer agreement
                whith non-bildding carrieie; and (3) jirotest is niide'to any award of
                chftractpursuant tothe invitation to any ICC-certificated carrier
                without pirior determination by the Department of Defense of the
                reapoiSlity of all subhaulers/subcontractors intended to be
                -utilized by such ICC-certificated carrier in servicing its contract
        *       obligations.
                    Ffr t~ w ote that 'theliasof this  aitst is such thit it
.               would lit the GeneiVAocouuitiliCffice asist the'pr&felters in
         -      ataiying.MTMC's hazid~it' kie Ninth Clibuit,Court of 'Aiets can
                rule on the legal ineus ofll) whetlier operating authority 1rrzi'ihe
                ICC is required in order for the protesters to be responsible bidders
                and, if aich authority is required, - (2) whether the ICC abused its
                authority in refusing s.ch operating authority to the protesters.


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