B-173586:
Oct 12, 1971
WHERE PROTESTANT'S LOW BID WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXCEPTION TO THE SPECIFICATIONS INDICATING THAT A DIRECT CYLINDER-MOUNTED OR WALL MOUNTED UNIT WITHOUT A P.S.I. ASSUMING THAT SIMILAR SPECIFICATIONS WERE NOT ENFORCED IN A PRIOR PROCUREMENT. THE PROTEST IS DENIED. INC.: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 12. THE PURCHASE DESCRIPTION INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE - "FLOOR-MOUNTED I...