https://www.gao.gov/products/134286

B-227933: Oct 28, 1987

A firm protested the Defense Mapping Agency's (DMA) exclusion of its bid for a printing press from the competitive range, contending that: (1) DMA improperly used negotiated procedures instead of sealed bids; (2) DMA unfairly eliminated only its proposal from the competitive range for failing to meet a size requirement that none of the other offerers met; and (3) the size requirement was unduly re...

https://www.gao.gov/products/468724

B-227933: Oct 28, 1987

Protest challenging specifications as unduly restrictive and contracting agency's decision to use negotiated procedures instead of sealed bids is untimely where filed after due date for initial proposals. Protester whose proposal for printing presses was dropped from the competitive range because the presses it offered did not meet all solicitation requirements was not treated unfairly when two ot...