A firm protested the award of a contract for the construction of an office building at Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachussetts. By letter, the protester requested clarification of some specifications from the procuring agency. Apparently, however, the specifications were never clarified to the protester's satisfaction and the firm did not submit a bid. Eight days after bid opening, the fir...

IS DENIED. BECAUSE EVEN IF ALLEGATIONS WERE TRUE. PROTESTER WAS NOT PLACED AT COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE IN RELATION TO SIX OTHER GENERAL CONTRACTORS WHO SUBMITTED BIDS. ALSO STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE WINDOWS AND ALUMINUM ENTRANCES WERE COPIED FROM THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A PARTICULAR MANUFACTURER AND WERE ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THAT MANUFACTURER. THAT *** THE RULES...