B-227822: Jul 31, 1987

A firm protested a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) solicitation for a computer system, contending that certain specifications were unduly restrictive of competition, since only one supplier could meet them. GAO held that: (1) BATF reasonably determined the requirements necessary to meet its minimum needs; and (2) the fact that only one firm could meet those needs did not violate co...

B-227822: Jul 31, 1987

Specifications are not unduly restrictive of competition where the agency presents a reasonable explanation of why the specifications are necessary to meet its minimum needs and the protester fails to present any evidence that the restrictions are clearly unreasonable or that they do not represent the agency's minimum needs. 2. Where the agency shows that specifications for components of a compute...