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Protest Alleging Unduly Restrictive Specifications

B-196438: Oct 30, 1979

A firm protested the award of a contract by the Navy because the solicitations contained a specification that was restrictive of competition. Bid protest procedures require that protests based on alleged improprieties in a solicitation that are apparent prior to the closing date for receipt of initial proposals must be filed before that date. Since the firm filed its protest after the closing date...

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B-196438, OCT 30, 1979

B-196438: Oct 30, 1979

IS UNTIMELY. 2. PROTEST OF ALL SOLICITATIONS CONTAINING AN ALLEGED RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WHERE PROTESTER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE SOLICITATIONS. A NAMED CONTENDS THAT THE SPECIFICATION FOR A SPIROMETER IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION BECAUSE ONLY ONE FIRM MANUFACTURES THAT PARTICULAR SPIROMETER EVEN THOUGH THREE FIRMS WERE LISTED AS MANUFACTURERS OF THE MANDATORY BRAND...

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