Return to Article: Bid protest may set precedent for job competition appeals

By Amelia Gruber agruber@govexec.com January 23, 2004
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    A Forest Service employee - not the union, and not the inherently governmental Agency Tender Official - filed a protest before GAO and GAO is suggesting that it will react to that protest. Is Mr. Van Auken the elected employee representative provided for by the A-76 Circular? The article does not say. If so, that is news. Under the 1996 Revision, GAO would only review an A-76 protest after and only if such protest was first appealed to the agency. GAO's decision to not accept federal union or individual employee protests has had nothing to do with the Circular, but rather hinged on GAO's interpretation of CICA, GAO precedent and related decisions in the Federal Courts. That may now be changing. And third, it is clear that if a single contract employee filed before GAO it would not accept the protest. Let's hope that GAO resolves this equity of access issue and does not simply rule on the right of one individual.

    GovExec.com reader Posted January 26, 2004 9:10 AM

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