https://www.gao.gov/products/129921

B-221709.4: May 20, 1986

A firm protested under an Air Force solicitation for borescope kits, contending that one of the approved firm's kits did not meet the solicitation's functional and domestic-source requirements. GAO held that: (1) the determination of the technical merits of a proposal is primarily the contracting agency's responsibility which it will not disturb unless the decision is shown to be arbitrary or in v...

https://www.gao.gov/products/483681

B-221709.4: May 20, 1986

AN EVALUATION WILL NOT BE DISTURBED UNLESS SHOWN TO BE ARBITRARY OR IN VIOLATION OF THE PROCUREMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS. A MERE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PROTESTER AND THE AGENCY OVER A TECHNICAL EVALUATION IS NOT SUFFICIENT. TO SHOW THAT THE AGENCY'S JUDGMENT WAS UNREASONABLE. WHEN THE RFP WAS ISSUED. KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION WERE THE ONLY SOURCES APPROVED BY THE AIR FORCE TO SUPPLY THE BORESCOPE K...