B-190658: May 16, 1978

A protester complained that it was excluded from competition by a grantee because of unduly restrictive procurement requirements. The complaint was sustained because the: (1) grantee's procurement practices were inconsistent with the requirement that needs should be filled competitively; (2) grantee did not determine that its requirements could not be filled with a two-cycle design which it did no...

B-190658: May 16, 1978

WHERE GRANTEE WAS OBLIGATED TO AWARD CONTRACTS CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NORM. USE OF UNDULY RESTRICTIVE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES IS INCONSISTENT WITH NORM REQUIRING THAT NEEDS BE FILLED COMPETITIVELY. 2. GRANTEE'S REFUSAL TO PERMIT OFFERS OF 2-CYCLE DIESEL ENGINES WAS IMPROPER. WHERE GRANTEE ONLY DETERMINED THAT 2-CYCLE ENGINES WERE LESS DESIRABLE AND DID NOT DETERMINE THAT ITS REQUIREMENT...