https://www.gao.gov/products/140395

B-236871: Jan 12, 1990

A firm protested a Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) decision to amend a solicitation for extended cold weather parkas to increase the quantity, contending that: (1) the increase was unreasonable for small businesses; and (2) DPSC should have issued a separate solicitation to satisfy its additional requirements. GAO held that DPSC properly modified the solicitation: (1) since a significant c...

https://www.gao.gov/products/420873

B-236871: Jan 12, 1990

Is denied since a significant change in the government's requirements is a proper basis for amending an RFP after receipt of proposals. Barrier Wear contends that the agency's decision to amend the solicitation at that point to increase the quantity was unreasonable. That the agency instead should have issued a separate solicitation to satisfy its additional requirements. Offerors were required to...