https://www.gao.gov/products/139470

B-235409: Sep 1, 1989

An individual protested the Air Force's failure to solicit a bid from him for gravel aggregate, contending that the Air Force was aware of his ability to meet its urgent requirements. The Air Force contended that it reasonably excluded the protester from the procurement, since: (1) he had a non-local address; and (2) it solicited a bid from another firm which it believed represented the protester'...

https://www.gao.gov/products/437164

B-235409: Sep 1, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Specifications - Minimum needs standards - Competitive restrictions - Geographic restrictions - Justification Protest is sustained where agency determined that urgency required that competition be limited to local gravel sources. Even though agency was fully aware that protester owned local gravel pit. Snyder argues that he was improperly excluded from the solicitation process and th...