B-215739,B-216961: Jan 29, 1985

A firm protested Defense Personnel Support Center contract awards for medical equipment, contending that the amount of equipment being procured greatly exceeded the government's actual requirements. The protester also contended that the equipment specified in the solicitations unnecessarily exposed patients to infection, and that the equipment which it proposed was safer than that solicited. Since...

B-215739,B-216961: Jan 29, 1985

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - EXECUTIVE BRANCH POLICY DETERMINATION DIGEST: PROTEST THAT ITEM BEING PROCURED WILL BE USED IN A MANNER THAT IS CONTRARY TO SOUND MEDICAL PRACTICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. DLA WILL PROCURE A TOTAL OF 1. IV SETS ARE USED TO ADMINISTER SEPARATELY PROCURED IV SOLUTIONS. WHICH ARE PREPACKAGED IN EITHER GLASS B...