B-225161.2: Mar 5, 1987

A firm protested a General Services Administration (GSA) solicitation for x-ray screening systems, contending that: (1) the solicitation specifications were unduly restrictive; and (2) GSA failed to evaluate the cost of providing government-owned computers to offerers who required them for image enhancement. GAO held that: (1) GSA proved that the restrictive specifications were necessary to meet t...

B-225161.2: Mar 5, 1987

PROTEST THAT DESIGN SPECIFICATION (REQUIRING A COMPUTER INTERFACE ON X-RAY EQUIPMENT USED TO DETECT CONTRABAND) IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE. IS DENIED WHERE AGENCY ESTABLISHES THAT THE INTERFACE IS ALSO REQUIRED. TRANSMISSION AND RETRIEVAL AND THE PROTESTER HAS NOT SHOWN THAT THE AGENCY'S JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INTERFACE IS UNREASONABLE. PROTEST THAT SOLICITATION IMPROPERLY FAILS TO PROVIDE FOR EVALUATIO...