B-224449: Oct 27, 1986

A firm protested a General Services Administration (GSA) solicitation for office furniture, contending that: (1) GSA should have used its Federal Supply Schedule contract with the protester; and (2) a number of specifications unduly restricted competition, despite a GSA effort to ease the specifications through solicitation amendments. GAO held that: (1) GSA could not use its schedule contract wit...

B-224449: Oct 27, 1986

PROTEST THAT AGENCY WAS REQUIRED TO USE A MANDATORY MULTIPLE AWARD FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE (FSS) FOR A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROCUREMENT OF MODULAR FURNITURE LACKS MERIT WHERE THE SCHEDULE CONTRACTS CONTAIN A MAXIMUM ORDER LIMITATION OF $75. 000 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR INFORMATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. PROTESTER IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY UNDER BID PROTEST REGULATIONS TO PRO...