B-236391: Dec 5, 1989

A firm protested a Defense Construction Supply Center (DCSC) solicitation for casing assembly covers for auxiliary seawater pumps, contending that: (1) DCSC improperly included in the solicitation a proprietary technical drawing; and (2) products manufactured according to the drawing would not meet DCSC requirements. DCSC contended that it developed the technical drawing through a reverse engineer...

B-236391: Dec 5, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Specifications - Design specifications - Intellectual property - Unauthorized use - Evidence sufficiency DIGEST: Protest that agency violated protester's proprietary rights in technical data is denied since protester does not present clear and convincing evidence that the solicitation's technical drawing. Was otherwise derived from proprietary technical data and drawings. That first...