B-290709: Sep 20, 2002

C. Lawrence Construction Company, Inc. protests the terms of invitation for bids (IFB) No. IFB-02-DCS-32-JC, issued by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, for construction of educational and vocational buildings at the Turner Job Corps Center in Albany, Georgia. Lawrence contends that the specification governing signs to be installed in the buildings is unduly restrict...

B-290709: Sep 20, 2002

DIGEST Protest of invitation for bid's terms is sustained where protester reasonably interpreted specification governing interior signs to be installed as requiring named manufacturer's signs and there is no evidence in the record that only named manufacturer's signs will satisfy the agency's needs. Lawrence contends that the specification governing signs to be installed in the buildings is unduly...