B-286794: Feb 12, 2001

A firm protested a Department of Agriculture (USDA) solicitation for ready-to-eat cereals, contending that the solicitation's manufacturing and labeling requirements were unduly restrictive. GAO held that USDA reasonably determined that the requirements reflected its needs and were not unduly restrictive. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-286794: Feb 12, 2001

Solicitation requirement that a specific manufacturing process be used and that the product being delivered be a commercially-labeled product and have a history of successful distribution. Consumer acceptance in domestic commercial channels is not unduly restrictive where record demonstrates that the requirements reasonably reflect agency needs to obtain product acceptable to cereal recipients. Ri...