A firm protested the specifications of two requests for proposals (RFP) issued by the Defense Personnel Support Center for hypodermic injector devices for mass inoculations. One proposal specified a foot-operated hydraulic pump as the power source for the injector and the other specified an electrically powered injector. The protester contended that, by specifying the power sources rather than usi...

REJECTION OF MASS IMMUNIZATION INJECTOR THAT IS POWERED BY COMPRESSED GAS OFFERED AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE SPECIFIED FOOT-POWERED INJECTOR IS PROPER SINCE PROCUREMENT IS FOR UNITS TO BE USED IN THE FIELD AND COMPRESSED GAS. SPECIFICATION LIMITING PURCHASE OF HYPODERMIC INJECTORS TO THOSE ELECTRICALLY POWERED IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION SINCE INJECTORS ARE INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR USE IN FIX...