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[Protest of VA Procurement of Printers]

B-221170.6: Mar 17, 1986

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) contract award, contending that: (1) VA improperly allowed the awardee to substitute the equipment it offered under the solicitation; and (2) since the awardee's equipment was not in compliance with the contract requirements, GAO should set aside its contract. GAO held that the question of whether VA properly permitted the awardee to substitute equip...

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B-221170.6, MAR 17, 1986, 86-1 CPD 261

B-221170.6: Mar 17, 1986

PROTESTS THAT THE VA IS ALLOWING SYSTEMS. THE LOW OFFEROR TO WHOM AWARD WAS MADE. BECAUSE SYSTEMS' EQUIPMENT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. IS ALLOWING SYSTEMS TO SUBSTITUTE EQUIPMENT UNDER THE CONTRACT. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTRACT IS WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE CONTRACTING AGENCY AND IS NOT ENCOMPASSED BY OUR BID PROTEST FUNCTION. 4 C.F.R...

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