B-204595: Jan 18, 1982

A firm protested the award of an Army contract for the cleaning, inspecting, testing, and sealing of sanitary sewers alleging that the solicitation specification dealing with sewer line sealing was exclusionary in nature and unrelated to performance requirements. The specification in question required that a polyurethane-based grout be applied to leaking or weak sewer pipe joints. The protester co...

B-204595: Jan 18, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST AWARD OF CONTRACT - ON BASIS THAT SOLICITATION SPECIFICATIONS ARE EXCLUSIONARY IN NATURE SINCE SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS CAN ONLY BE MET BY PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY ONE COMPANY. EVEN THOUGH OTHER PRODUCTS WILL MEET GOVERNMENT'S NEEDS - IS DENIED SINCE THERE WAS ADEQUATE COMPETITION. THERE IS NO SHOWING THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S LIMITING THE PROCUREMENT TO ONE MATERIAL WAS UNRE...