Skip Navigation
Advanced Search

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Reports & Testimonies
  • Bid Protests &
    Appropriations Law
  • Key Issues
  • About GAO
  • Careers
  • Multimedia
  • Resources
    • Presidential and Congressional Transition
    • For Congress
    • For Journalists
    • For Auditors
    • For Federal Managers
    • For Researchers
    • Center for Audit Excellence

The report you requested was not found, or there is more than one product with this report number. Please select from this list of similar report numbers.


Protest of Bid Rejection
https://www.gao.gov/products/118768

B-205116: Jun 18, 1982

A firm protested the rejection of its low bid and the proposed award of a contract to another bidder. The invitation for bids (IFB) provided for alternative bids, one including first-article testing and the other without first-article testing but requiring certain evidence of performance to be submitted. The protester submitted a bid only for performance without first-article testing, and the agen...

  • pdf icon View Decision (PDF, 6 pages)
B-205116, JUNE 18, 1982, 61 COMP.GEN. 496
https://www.gao.gov/products/473968

B-205116: Jun 18, 1982

BIDS - INVITATION FOR BIDS - SPECIFICATIONS - TESTS - FIRST ARTICLE - ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION DECISION TO WAIVE FIRST ARTICLE TESTING IS ESSENTIALLY A DISCRETIONARY ONE WHICH WILL NOT BE DISTURBED UNLESS IT IS CLEARLY ARBITRARY OR CAPRICIOUS. WHERE PREVIOUS PROCUREMENT INDICATED SPECIFICATIONS WERE DEFECTIVE. AGENCY WAS NOT ARBITRARY IN REQUIRING FIRST ARTICLE TESTING FOR FIRST ITEMS PRODUCED...

  • html report icon View Decision (HTML)
 
GAO seal
 
  • Facebook
  • @usgao @usgaolegal
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Flickr
  • RSS feeds
  • Blog
  • Podcasts
  • Widgets
  • E-mail
  • Stay connected
 

Reports &
Testimonies

  • Browse By Date
  • Browse By Topic
  • Browse By Agency
  • Restricted Products
  • Open Recommendations Database

Bid Protests &
Appropriations Law

  • Bid Protests
  • Appropriations Law
  • Other Legal Functions
  • Other Legal Resources
  • Red Book

Key Issues

  • Browse By Topic
  • Browse By Agency
  • Browse Collections

About GAO

  • Comptroller
    General
  • E-mail Updates
  • Location
  • Workforce
  • Products and
    Services
  • History
  • Health Care
    Advisory
    Committees
  • FOIA
  • No Fear Act Data
  • FraudNet:
    Reporting Fraud

Careers

  • Current Job
    Vacancies
  • Apply for Jobs
  • Career Paths
  • Benefits
  • Student and
    Executive
    Programs
  • Diversity &
    Inclusion

Multimedia

  • Video Gallery
  • Podcast Gallery

Resources

  • Presidential and Congressional Transition
  • For Congress
  • For Journalists
  • For Auditors
  • For Federal Managers
  • For Researchers
  • Center for Audit Excellence
ACCOUNTABILITY★INTEGRITY★RELIABILITY
  • Privacy Policy
  • Ordering GAO Publications
  • Contact GAO
  • Site Map
  • Help