B-240012: Oct 16, 1990

A firm protested a General Services Administration (GSA) solicitation for alternative fuel motor vehicles, contending that: (1) GSA unduly restricted competition by limiting the solicitation to original equipment manufacturers; and (2) the solicitation should provide for the lease or conversion of such vehicles. GAO held that: (1) GSA reasonably based its restriction on its need to establish an in...

B-240012: Oct 16, 1990

Solicitation issued by the General Services Administration to meet the requirements of the Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 may properly restrict competition for the supply of alternative fuel motor vehicles to original equipment manufacturers because the restriction is consistent with the requirements of the Act. Protester that cannot comply with solicitation requirement that alternative fuel...