B-285505: Aug 23, 2000

A firm protested the Naval Sea Systems Command's solicitation for a telephony system, contending that the solicitation's requirement exceeded the Navy's needs and unduly restricted competition. GAO held that the Navy reasonably determined that the solicitation's requirement met its needs. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-285505: Aug 23, 2000

DIGEST Protest that requirement for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony system at new agency headquarters facilities is unduly restrictive of competition is denied where agency reasonably determined that a VoIP approach would permit a convergence of voice and data systems. NAVSEA is constructing new headquarters facilities at the Washington Navy Yard. That is. Is fragmented into multiple...