https://www.gao.gov/products/127892

B-219223: Sep 16, 1985

A firm protested certain allegedly unjustified specifications under a Defense Construction Supply Center (DCSC) brand name solicitation for warehouse vehicles, which was issued on behalf of the Air Force. The protester contended that the specifications exceeded the Air Force's minimum needs because: (1) the Air Force could not justify a requirement for power steering, which the protester could not...

https://www.gao.gov/products/449624

B-219223: Sep 16, 1985

BIDS - INVITATION FOR BIDS - SPECIFICATIONS - MINIMUM NEEDS REQUIREMENT - ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION - REASONABLENESS DIGEST: REQUIREMENT FOR POWER STEERING IN SPECIFICATION FOR AIR FORCE COMMISSARY ORDER-PICKERS IS NOT UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION WHERE THE AIR FORCE PRESENTS A REASONABLE EXPLANATION WHY THE RESTRICTION IS NECESSARY TO MEET ITS MINIMUM NEEDS AND PROTESTER. DOES NOT SHOW TH...