B-288853: Dec 13, 2001

A firm protested a Department of the Navy purchase order award for modified Sony MiniDisc recorders and related accessories, contending that the solicitation sought quotations for a modified recorder and accessories manufactured and distributed exclusively by the protester. GAO held that the solicitation did not require that the product be manufactured by the protester. Accordingly, the protest wa...

B-288853: Dec 13, 2001

DIGEST Protest of purchase order for modified recorders from a vendor that allegedly cannot provide products manufactured by protester is denied where solicitation did not require that product be manufactured by protester. Where agency otherwise reasonably determined that the vendor's quoted product was technically acceptable based upon the vendor's quotation of the same product number that was re...