B-213945: Mar 23, 1984

A firm protested the rejection of its proposal under a Coast Guard solicitation, contending that: (1) certain solicitation requirements were ambiguous; (2) the Coast Guard was estopped from excluding the protester's proposal from the competitive range based on oral advice given the protester by a Coast Guard official; (3) since the Coast Guard included the protester's proposal in the initial compe...

B-213945: Mar 23, 1984

WHERE A SOLICITATION FOR FURNISHING PATROL BOATS BASED ON AN "OFF-THE-SHELF" PARENT CRAFT DESIGN CONTAINS A PROVISION EXPRESSLY REQUIRING THAT THE PATROL BOAT HAVE A "PROPULSION CONFIGURATION" IDENTICAL TO THAT OF THE PARENT CRAFT. IT IS NOT REASONABLE TO INTERPRET ANOTHER PROVISION PERMITTING "PROPULSION PLANT" SUBSTITUTIONS AS PERMITTING "PROPULSION CONFIGURATION" CHANGES. WHERE IT IS CLEAR FROM...