B-274823: Jan 8, 1997

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for uninterruptible power supplies and related services, contending that the Air Force: (1) unreasonably evaluated the technical and cost proposals; (2) unreasonably determined that the awardee offered the best value to the government; and (3) should have excluded the awardee from the competition, since the awardee improperly used the protester's propri...

B-274823: Jan 8, 1997

Protest that agency waived mandatory technical requirements (regarding commercial availability and Underwriters Laboratory (UL) certification of products) for awardee is denied where cited specifications were included in solicitation's performance requirements and were not preconditions for award and agency reasonably considered information in awardee's proposal regarding firm's ability to meet co...