Matter of: Department of the Navy--Modification of Remedy
May 24, 2000OUTCOME: Request Denied
Agency request that General Accounting Office modify a prior sustained decision by deleting recommendation that the protester be reimbursed the cost of pursuing its protest, including reasonable attorn ... eys' fees, because the agency acted in good faith reliance upon information given it by another agency is denied, as recommendation for reimbursement of protest costs bears no relationship to whether agency acted in good faith, and is not intended to penalize the agency, but instead exists to relieve protesters of the financial burden of vindicating the public interests which Congress was seeking to promote when it passed the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984.
