B-214735, JUN 5, 1984
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SPECIFICATIONS IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE SOLICITATION CONTAINING THE SPECIFICATIONS IS CANCELED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE RESTRICTIVE. SINCE CHANGING THE SPECIFICATIONS WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT. THE PROTEST IS ACADEMIC AND OUR REVIEW OF THE ISSUES RAISED WOULD SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-214735, JUN 5, 1984
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SPECIFICATIONS IS DISMISSED AS ACADEMIC WHERE SOLICITATION CONTAINING THE SPECIFICATIONS IS CANCELED.
U.S. POLYCON CORP.:
U.S. POLYCON CORP. (POLYCON) PROTESTS THE SPECIFICATIONS IN INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 556-48-84 ISSUED BY THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (VA) MEDICAL CENTER, NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FOR A PREFABRICATED PIPING SYSTEM.
VA HAS ADVISED US THAT AFTER REVIEWING POLYCON'S PROTEST, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE RESTRICTIVE. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO VA, SINCE CHANGING THE SPECIFICATIONS WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT, THE IFB HAS BEEN CANCELED. IN VIEW OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE PROTEST IS ACADEMIC AND OUR REVIEW OF THE ISSUES RAISED WOULD SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE. SEE SIGMA TELEPRODUCTS, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF WALKER TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, B-213193, MARCH 13, 1984, 84-1 CPD 303.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.