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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-06-10 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-271035 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271035 P0b002ee18fd4b9e1 f:271035 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-271035 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-271035 B-271035 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest challenging agency's refusal to grant request for change to benchmark script (to allow protester to defer until after award demonstration of its ability to switch data display from full screen to teletype format without leaving the application) is denied since waiver of the type protester requests would be inconsistent with the purpose of the benchmark--to require offerors to demonstrate, before award, their capability to meet mandatory solicitation requirements.<p/>2. Protest that requirement for offeror to demonstrate dual mode emulation during benchmark is unduly restrictive of competition because agency has no valid requirement for dual mode emulation is untimely where the requirement was stated in the solicitation but protest was not filed until well after time set for receipt of initial proposals.<p/>3. Protest that agency improperly waived for one offeror a mandatory solicitation requirement--for use of a commercial operating system--is denied where record shows that the offeror's proposed operating system is available commercially. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271035/html/GAOREPORTS-B-271035.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271035/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-271035.pdf GAO/B-271035 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271035 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-271035; Sprint Communications Corporation, L.P.;