https://www.gao.gov/products/139542

B-235674: Sep 15, 1989

A firm protested a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor's proposed sole-source subcontract award for technical assistance in evaluating alternatives for upgrading a meteor burst communications system, contending that the contractor unreasonably required a certain technical approach that only the proposed awardee could perform. GAO held that the contractor reasonably determined that only the award...

https://www.gao.gov/products/448961

B-235674: Sep 15, 1989

Development and prototype testing of software-oriented approach to upgrading meteor burst communications system is unobjectionable where the procuring activity reasonably determined that only one source could provide the required services because only that source possesses patented and proprietary software and technology which offers the potential for significantly enhanced performance capabilitie...