B-270236: Feb 20, 1996

A firm protested an Air Force sole-source contract award for a portable balancing system and accessories, contending that the: (1) Air Force unreasonably determined that its product would not meet its needs; and (2) solicitation was ambiguous. GAO held that the: (1) Air Force reasonably determined that the protester's product did not meet its minimum needs; (2) protester untimely filed after bid o...

B-270236: Feb 20, 1996

Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's offered equipment under proposed sole-source procurement is denied where record shows that protester's equipment. Subsequent correspondence from the protester disclosed that Dynamic Instruments was seeking qualification of a Vibration Analysis Test Set (VATS) to satisfy the agency's needs. It was discovered. There was no way to ensure that the en...