Allegation That Competitor's Product Was Deficient

A firm protested that a manufacturer of salinity cells should be eliminated from consideration under a Navy request for proposals. The protester asserted that the cells in question were not meeting the Navy requirements, and that the increase in cells being procured by the Navy was attributable to this deficiency. While this protest was pending, three offers were received. A firm other than the two concerned in this protest made the lowest acceptable offer. Since it was academic whether the firm should have been eliminated from competition, the issue was not considered. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed.