B-278869: Mar 24, 1998

A firm protested a Department of Energy (DOE) solicitation for a thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS) and related laboratory equipment, contending that certain evaluation factors in the solicitation unduly restricted competition and favored the manufacturer of DOE's existing TIMS. GAO held that DOE reasonably determined that the solicitation's evaluation methodology best met its needs, sinc...

B-278869: Mar 24, 1998

DIGEST Protest that evaluation methodology in solicitation for commercial thermal ionization mass spectrometer and related equipment unduly restricts competition and favors a particular manufacturer is denied where the record supports the agency's view that the methodology is necessary for the agency to assess the compatibility of items offered with existing laboratory equipment. The evaluation me...