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[Request for Reconsideration of Sustained Protest of GSA Solicitation for Telephone Services]

B-227850.2: Mar 22, 1988

The General Services Administration (GSA) requested reconsideration of a sustained protest against its solicitation for telephone services. GAO had held that the solicitation unduly restricted competition, since: (1) it required a single contract for two operational zones; and (2) evaluation methods were unreasonable. In its request for reconsideration, GSA contended that its zonal approach was re...

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B-227850.2, Mar 22, 1988, 88-1 CPD 294

B-227850.2: Mar 22, 1988

Conclusion that requirement for single contract covering two Bell Operating Company (BOC) regions unduly excluded BOCs from competition is affirmed on reconsideration. Inability of BOCs to provide utility service outside of their respective regions is a simple fact of telecommunications marketplace. Evidence submitted in support of request for reconsideration does not establish that prior decision...

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