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[Protest of Any Army Contract Award for 9mm Pistols]

B-232681.2,B-232681.3: Feb 9, 1989

A firm protested any Army contract award for pistols, contending that the: (1) Army's proposal to add generic and other costs to all bids except the incumbent's would give the incumbent an unfair competitive advantage; (2) original contract option was invalid, since it did not include a definite price; and (3) testing procedure was unfair because the Army could exercise the contract option if all...

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B-232681.2, B-232681.3, Feb 9, 1989, 89-1 CPD 134

B-232681.2,B-232681.3: Feb 9, 1989

Where: (1) the costs are so high (almost one-half million dollars) that full and open competition may not be realized. (2) the incumbent was awarded the contract as the result of an evaluation that the General Accounting Office found was flawed. An option in the incumbent's contract for pistols properly may be used for comparison to proposals received in a competitive procurement to decide whether...

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