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Protest Against the Inclusion of a Requirement

B-198833: Aug 14, 1980

A firm protested the inclusion of a requirement in an invitation for bids that the contractor provide a 5-year warranty for work done on a roofing contract. Failure to make repairs would constitute grounds for having the repairs performed by others and the cost billed to the contractor. It contended that the warranty requirement was a burdensome one on small business roofing contractors and discri...

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B-198833, AUG 14, 1980

B-198833: Aug 14, 1980

DIGEST: CONTRACTING AGENCY'S REQUIREMENT THAT BIDDERS OFFER FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY OF MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP FOR INSTALLATION OF BUILT-UP ROOFING WAS NOT UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION WHERE WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS WERE SET FORTH IN IFB. USE OF WARRANTY WAS CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRY PRACTICE. WHICH WAS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ROOFING ON WAREHOUSES AT THE MARINE CORPS LOGISTIC BASE. THE PROCUREMENT WA...

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