B-201743: Mar 3, 1981

A firm protested the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) issuance of numerous solicitations for medical instruments on substantially the same grounds as it raised in an earlier protest. The protest involved the following issues: (1) the alleged ambiguity of DLA medical and dental instrument specifications; (2) the adverse impact of potential suppliers of the DLA solicitation; (3) the possibility that...

B-201743: Mar 3, 1981

WHERE PROTESTER'S INITIAL SUBMISSION INDICATES PROTEST IS WITHOUT MERIT. GAO WILL RENDER DECISION ON MATTER WITHOUT REQUESTING REPORT FROM PROCURING ACTIVITY. 2. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS OF AGENCY PERSONNEL ADMINISTERING CONTRACT AND APPROPRIATENESS OF TESTING PROCEDURES UTILIZED BY SUCH PERSONNEL IN ADMINISTERING CONTRACT ARE MATTERS OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION NOT FOR RESOLUTION UNDER BID PROTEST...

B-201743: Apr 1, 1981

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION IS AFFIRMED WHERE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION DISAGREES WITH PREVIOUS DECISION BUT OFFERS NO PERSUASIVE REASON WHY DECISION IS FACTUALLY OR LEGALLY INCORRECT. DEMONSTRATED THAT OUR DECISION WAS EITHER FACTUALLY OR LEGALLY IN ERROR. FOR THE REASONS STATED IN OUR DECISION: (1) THAT DLA'S APPLICATION OF MIL-STD-753A IS A MATTER OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. (2) THAT IN AN IRRECON...

B-201743: Apr 1, 1981

A firm requested reconsideration of a GAO decision in which its protest was summarily denied. The firm questioned the GAO conclusion that the topics raised in its protest lacked legal merit and asked GAO to conduct investigations to determine the validity of its allegations and to review the procuring agency's technical qualifications. GAO, however, did not believe the firm demonstrated that the p...