B-220693: Nov 4, 1985

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for word processing systems, contending that the awardee should not have received the award since the product it proposed to supply did not meet certain performance specifications. The Air Force informed GAO that it had terminated the contract because it learned that the awardee quoted an open market price instead of the Federal Supply Schedule contract...

B-220693: Nov 4, 1985

QUESTIONS - CONTRACT TERMINATED FOR CONVENIENCE DIGEST: PROTEST IS ACADEMIC WHERE THE PROTESTER. THEREFORE LODDE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AWARD. NBI IS THIRD-LOW. THE PROTESTER IS NOT SATISFIED AND BELIEVES THAT WE SHOULD STILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE CPT EQUIPMENT OFFERED BY LODDE MET SPECIFICATIONS. IT IS THE POLICY OF OUR OFFICE NOT TO CONSIDER ACADEMIC PROTESTS. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PR...