Unico Wins ‘Buy American’ Protest of $4 Million Army Corps Award

Unico Mechanical Corp. showed that the US Army Corps of Engineers didn’t satisfy Buy American Act requirements when it awarded McMillen LLC a $4 million construction contract, the GAO said in a decision released Tuesday.

The agency should reevaluate bids and make a new award decision for construction at the Cougar Dam power plant in Oregon, the Government Accountability Office said.

The request for proposals included a clause incorporating the Buy American Act. The clause generally requires contractor to use only use domestic construction material.

McMillen’s bid relied on the use of foreign materials to provide two butterfly valves used ...