https://www.gao.gov/products/141055

B-238132: Mar 30, 1990

A firm protested a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) solicitation for x-ray equipment maintenance and repair, contending that VA should provide the prospective contractor with repair parts, since the supplier refused to provide parts to the protester. GAO held that VA reasonably believed that it would obtain adequate competition, since: (1) the protester's alleged inability to obtain parts was n...

https://www.gao.gov/products/478218

B-238132: Mar 30, 1990

PROCUREMENT - Specifications - Minimum needs standards - Competitive restrictions - GAO review DIGEST: Protest by a defaulted contractor that the procuring agency should obtain spare parts from a manufacturer to supply the contractor on an x ray maintenance and repair contract is denied. New World is the incumbent contractor for the repair and maintenance of Philips' x-ray equipment at Augusta. Th...