https://www.gao.gov/products/148077

B-244691.2: Nov 25, 1992

A firm protested the Navy's proposed acquisition of a digital dictation system through an Air Force contract, contending that the Navy failed to comply with a legislative requirement that the user agency determine that the desired goods could not be provided by a commercial enterprise at a lower cost. GAO held that the: (1) Navy properly purchased the system under the Air Force's contract, since i...

https://www.gao.gov/products/475169

B-244691.2: Nov 25, 1992

The requirements of the Economy Act otherwise are met. Only 13 of the estimated 40 systems have been ordered to date. The Navy is permitted. Because the price which Sudbury quoted was lower than those quoted by Dictaphone and Lanier. The Air Force concluded that it was within the scope of the Air Force contract and that the Air Force had the authority to place the order on behalf of the Navy. The...