B-213050: Sep 30, 1983

A firm protested the rejection by the Air Force of materials it proposed to supply as a subcontractor. The protester received an order from the prime contractor but the order was canceled because the Air Force had rejected the materials in question. The protester alleged that the Air Force specifications were "tremendously ambiguous," which GAO construed to mean that the specifications were so bro...

B-213050: Sep 30, 1983

DIGEST: PROTEST BY SUBCONTRACTOR OF AGENCY DECISION THAT MATERIALS TO BE SUPPLIED BY SUBCONTRACTOR UNDER PRIME CONTRACT ARE UNACCEPTABLE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROPOSED MATERIALS WERE REJECTED BY THE AIR FORCE AND THAT PALMER WAS CANCELING ITS ORDER. LE PRIX OBJECTS TO THE AIR FORCE'S DECISION ON THE BASIS THAT THE SPECIFICATI...