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[Request for Reconsideration of Denied Protest of Air Force Contract Award for Containers]

B-230599.2: Jul 27, 1988

A firm requested reconsideration of its denied protest of an Air Force contract award for containers. GAO had held that the Air Force properly limited competition to the only known qualified source, since it did not have time to qualify a new source. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that the Air Force improperly tested its product, since the: (1) solicitation did not req...

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B-230599.2, Jul 27, 1988, 88-2 CPD 90

B-230599.2: Jul 27, 1988

The Air Force had determined that the 90 containers awarded to Texstar were urgently needed to prevent work stoppages that would result in extensive and costly missile retargeting. The Air Force also determined that PHT would have to submit a first article for testing. That there was insufficient time for such testing. The record failed to establish that the Air Force reasonably could have qualifi...

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