B-219341: Aug 29, 1985

A firm protested an Army contract award, contending that: (1) the solicitation specifications included unique attributes of a product it offered in a previous unsolicited proposal; and (2) the Army improperly appropriated and disclosed proprietary data from that proposal. The Army argued that: (1) no proprietary information contained in the proposal was disclosed; and (2) the proposal had no impac...

B-219341: Aug 29, 1985

ALLEGATION THAT AGENCY MISAPPROPRIATED INFORMATION CONTAINED IN PROTESTER'S UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL AND DEVELOPED SPECIFICATIONS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION IS DENIED WHERE THE SPECIFICATIONS DERIVE FROM PERFORMANCE AND PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS IN PREVIOUS PROCUREMENTS AND NOT FROM THE UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL. GAO WILL NOT REVIEW SUCH A DECISION NOR AN AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION ABSENT A SHOW...