About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-200999.2 1 (1981-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvny0001 and id is 1 raw text is:                         CAIER(f A-'rl7              279
              C          THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
 DECISION     ,      ,   OF-THE UNITED       STATES
                          WA S.HIN GT'ON       20548



 FILE:     B-200999,2         DATE:    May 11, 1981

 MATTER OF: Association of Soil and Foundation
              Engineers--Reconsideration

 DIGEST:

 1.-.Prior decision holding that Brooks
    Bill procedures (40:U.S.C..§ 541,
    et seq. (1976)) were'not applicable
    to procurement-.of-soil boring and
    related services.-is-.-affirmed. Even
    though protester disagrees with-
    contracting agency determination
    that reporting on soil samples
    could be competently performed-
    by other than engineer, we cannot-
    overrule agency determination as
    unreasonable based upon:our review-
    of State statutes.

2. In deciding protest, GAO is not
    confined to issues raised by pro-
    tester. 'Where procurement deficiency
    is obvious from review of agency
    report on protest, GAO will state.
    views and recommend corrective
    action if appropriate.

3. Request for reconsideration does
    not provide basis for reversing
    prior decision where arguments made
    in support of request are merely
    rehash of arguments previously made
    and considered in reaching prior
    decision.

    The Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers
(ASFE) requests reconsideration of our decision in
Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers, B-200999, £<
February 17, 1981, 81-1 CPD 99. In that decision we
held that the Fish and Wildlife Service (4WS) did not

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most