B-265616: Dec 6, 1995

A firm protested a Defense General Supply Center (DGSC) contract award for milling machines, contending that the awardee's proposed product did not comply with several of the solicitation's specifications. GAO held that: (1) DGSC reasonably relied on the awardee's self-certification that it would provide domestic machine tools, since there was no evidence that the awardee proposed a foreign end pr...

B-265616: Dec 6, 1995

Contracting officer properly may rely on awardee's self-certification that it will provide United States or Canadian machine tools. Where there is no indication that certificate is inaccurate and that the awardee in fact is proposing a foreign end product. Protest that awardee's proposed milling machine does not meet certain specification requirements because awardee's descriptive literature did n...