B-178820: Jul 22, 1974

" WHEN IN FACT NO BIDDER WAS ELIGIBLE FOR WAIVER. DID NOT INVALIDATE AWARDED CONTRACT IN ABSENCE OF SHOWING THAT PROTESTER WAS PREJUDICED BY ERRONEOUS PROVISION OR THAT BIDDERS WERE BIDDING ON UNEQUAL BASES. CONTRACTS - SPECIFICATIONS - TESTS - REQUIREMENTS - ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION THAT CHANGE IN SPECIFICATIONS REQUIRED INITIAL PRODUCTION TEST TO BE CONDUCTED WAS...

B-178820: Jul 22, 1974

Met-Pro Water Treatment Corporation (Met-Pro) and Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC) protested the award of a contract, alleging that each alone was entitled to the benefit of waiver for testing of its sample equipment by the Government. The invitation for bid (IFB) provided for testing by the Government of samples of the contractor's product, but advised bidders that the contracting office...