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[Protest of Any DLA Contract Award for Medical Instruments]

B-225963: Mar 23, 1987

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency contract award for medical instruments, contending that the solicitation specifications: (1) exceeded the agency's minimum needs; and (2) were improperly based on one source of supply. GAO held that, since the protester had the burden of affirmatively proving the case, it would not conduct an investigation to establish whether the protester's speculative...

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B-225963, MAR 23, 1987, 87-1 CPD 334

B-225963: Mar 23, 1987

THAT DRAWINGS ARE INCOMPLETE. TOLERANCES EXCEED THE AGENCY'S MINIMUM NEEDS AND ARE IMPROPERLY BASED ON ONE SOURCE OF SUPPLY. THE AGENCY STATES THAT ITS POLICY IS NOT TO PROVIDE PRODUCTION DRAWINGS. IT ASSERTS THAT AN EXPERIENCED MANUFACTURER WOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN MAKING PRODUCTION DRAWINGS FROM THE DRAWING INCLUDED IN THE SOLICITATION. THIS ASSERTION IS SUPPORTED BY THE FACT THAT FOUR OFFERO...

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