B-228190.2: Oct 5, 1987

A firm requested reconsideration of its dismissed protest against an Air Force solicitation for spectrometers. GAO had not considered the protest, since the protester had contended that the solicitation was not sufficiently restrictive to limit offers to systems based on its equipment. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that procurement of any other system would have an ad...

B-228190.2: Oct 5, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO Procedures - GAO Decisions - Reconsideration PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO Procedures - Purposes - Competition Enhancement DIGEST: General Accounting Office will not review a protest that the government should issue a solicitation with more restrictive specifications. Prior dismissal of protest on that issue is affirmed. We dismissed Baird's initial protest invo...