https://www.gao.gov/products/134563

B-228050.2: Dec 3, 1987

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) solicitation for maintenance of computerized axial tomography scanner equipment, contending that, since the incumbent contractor was the original equipment manufacturer, it had an unfair competitive advantage. GAO held that VA: (1) reasonably decided to make the procurement competitive; and (2) was not required to equalize the incumbent's competitive...

https://www.gao.gov/products/480579

B-228050.2: Dec 3, 1987

The agency is not required to equalize the competitive advantage enjoyed by the original manufacturer. No such circumstances have been alleged here. The protest is dismissed...