B-226907: Jul 29, 1987

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for air duct hoses, contending that the awardee's equipment would not: (1) be compatible with existing DLA equipment that it manufactured; or (2) comply with the Buy American Act. GAO held that: (1) DLA had the responsibility to determine whether the offered equipment met its needs; (2) the protester was not sufficiently interested t...

B-226907: Jul 29, 1987

Protest challenging agency determination that air duct hose offered as an alternate to approved source was technically acceptable is denied since agency has primary responsibility for establishing procedures to determine product acceptability and for determining whether item will satisfy government's minimum needs. Protester has not shown that agency determination was fraudulent or constituted wil...