B-223439.2: Sep 18, 1986

A firm protested the solicitation specifications under a Navy contract award for computer services, contending that: (1) the minimum personnel experience requirements were overly restrictive; and (2) the Navy should have provided all offerers with wage and qualifications information on the current contractor's personnel. GAO held that: (1) the Navy properly supported its requirement that computer...

B-223439.2: Sep 18, 1986

SOLICITATION PROVISIONS REQUIRING THAT COMPUTER OPERATORS HAVE EXPERIENCE ON THE SAME TYPE OF COMPUTERS THAT ARE AT THE FACILITY WHERE THE WORK WILL BE PERFORMED IS REASONABLE WHERE THE REQUIREMENT IS RESTRICTED TO KEY PERSONNEL AND THE COMPUTER IS HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED SO THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT BE ASSURED OF CONTINUOUS SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE FACILITY WITHOUT SUCH SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE. AN AG...