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 1999-08-30 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-282843 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282843 P0b002ee18fd4d938 f:282843 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-282843 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-282843 B-282843 Comptroller General Decision

1. Agency's justification for sole-source procurement is inadequate where the documentation does not reasonably show that only this exact product will satisfy the agency's needs, and does not show that the agency's need for the item is of unusual and compelling urgency that was not created by a lack of advance planning.<p/>2. Protest is sustained where agency did not provide protester with a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate the acceptability of its alternate product prior to, or in conjunction with, procurement restricted to a sole source, and where rejection of alternate item is based entirely on agency's unsupported assertion that it cannot evaluate alternate without the original equipment manufacturer's technical data. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282843/html/GAOREPORTS-B-282843.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282843/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-282843.pdf GAO/B-282843 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282843 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-282843; National Aerospace Group, Inc., B-282843, August 30, 1999; Title 10 Section 2304(c)(2) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(2)