B-266219: Feb 7, 1996

A firm protested an Air Force solicitation for an automated mail processing machine, contending that the solicitation's unduly restrictive specifications precluded it from competing. GAO held that the solicitation specifications: (1) adequately reflected that Air Force's needs; and (2) did not unduly restrict competition. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-266219: Feb 7, 1996

Protest challenging the terms of a purchase description for a mail processing machine is denied where. Specifications that protester challenges are not impossible to perform and do not otherwise preclude the protester from competing. A-1 alleges that certain provisions of the purchase description are impossible to meet. A-1 further argues that the purchase description includes requirements that ar...