United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-02-05 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-270013 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270013 P0b002ee18fd44e8d f:270013 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-270013 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-270013 B-270013 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that numerous specifications are inadequate to permit intelligent competition, and that agency has not sufficiently definitized the specifications in answers to protester's questions, is denied where agency provided all information in its possession, and the information generally was sufficient to permit intelligent competition.<p/>2. Agency does not have to restructure requirement in manner that will require agency to furnish equipment to the contractor, where cost comparison will be conducted to determine whether contractor or in-house performance is more economical; agency need not adopt hybrid alternative preferred by protester solely because it will reduce contractor risk. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270013/html/GAOREPORTS-B-270013.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270013/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-270013.pdf GAO/B-270013 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270013 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-270013; ANV Enterprises, Inc.;