United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2001-03-27 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:B-287052 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-287052 P0b002ee18fd443e7 f:287052 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-287052 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-287052 B-287052 Comptroller General Decision 1. General Accounting Office (GAO) will not review contention that contracting agency is required under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to provide protester copies of certain operation manuals and processing instructions the agency developed and placed in reading rooms for offerors to review in connection with solicitation to acquire background investigations services, because GAO has no authority under FOIA regarding the release of documents in the possession of an agency. Protester must pursue the remedy it seeks under the disclosure remedies of FOIA.<p/>2. Allegation that solicitation's restriction on photocopying documents the agency developed and placed in reading rooms for offerors to review is unduly restrictive of competition is denied, where offerors were permitted to view the documents at issue for at least 2 weeks prior to closing, and when viewed together with the information the agency provided with the solicitation, the agency provided sufficient information for offerors to compete intelligently and on an equal basis.<p/>3. Protest that offeror under solicitation for background investigation services has an organizational conflict of interest that renders that firm ineligible for award is dismissed as premature where contracting agency has made no final determination regarding the status or eligibility of the offeror. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-287052/html/GAOREPORTS-B-287052.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-287052/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-287052.pdf GAO/B-287052 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-287052 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-287052; Government Business Services Group, B-287052; B-287052.2; B-287052.3, March 27, 2001;