https://www.gao.gov/products/138723

B-234475: May 23, 1989

A firm protested a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) solicitation for a crawler tractor, contending that the specifications were unduly restrictive. GAO held that: (1) BLM reasonably considered California fire fighting agencies' special needs and an accident report in determining its minimum needs; and (2) the protester failed to show that the requirements were unreasonable. Accordingly, the protest...

https://www.gao.gov/products/420867

B-234475: May 23, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Specifications - Minimum needs standards - Competitive restrictions - Design specifications - Justification DIGEST: Protest that specifications for a crawler tractor to be used in fire suppression unduly restrict competition by precluding hydrostatic transmissions is denied where the record supports the agency's determination that standardization of agency tractors is necessary due t...