Date: October 4, 1989

P.S. Protest Nos. 89-65  & 89-66

BWN Contracting Co., Inc.

Solicitation Nos. 199986-89-A-0044, 199986-89-A-0053

DECISION ON RECONSIDERATION

BWN Contracting Co., Inc. (BWN), has timely requested reconsideration of our decision in BWN Contracting Co., P.S. Protest Nos. 89-65 & 89-66, in which we summarily dismissed its protests concerning the procurement procedures of Solicitation Nos. 199986-89-A-0044 and 199986-89-A-0053.

The Procurement Manual (PM) requires that a request for reconsideration "contain a detailed statement of the factual and legal grounds upon which reversal or modification is deemed warranted, specifying any errors of law made or information not considered." PM 4.5.7 n. See Lock Corporation of America, On Reconsideration, P.S. Protest No. 89-14, April 25, 1989. Reconsideration is not appropriate where the protester simply wishes us to draw from the argument and facts considered in the original protest decision conclusions different from those we reached in that decision. Fort Lincoln New Town Corporation, On Reconsideration, P.S. Protest No. 83-53, November 21, 1983.

In its request for reconsideration BWN states that it is protesting the entire Procurement Manual, stating that it is "against the constitution," and contains no safeguards against favoritism and kickbacks. BWN has made exactly the same allegations earlier in BWN Contracting Co., Inc., P.S. Protest Nos. 89-38, 89-50 & 89-57, August 31, 1989, which discussed this issue, and in the present protests. BWN has not supplied this office with any new information in its request, but simply restates a previously considered allegation, thus affording no basis for reconsideration.

The request for reconsideration is denied.

William J. Jones
Associate General Counsel
Office of Contracts and Property Law
[checked against original JLS 5/25/93]