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 2000-05-11 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-284364.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2 P0b002ee18fd49bca f:2843642 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2 B-284364.2 Comptroller General Decision

1. When an agency, in making a purchase under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), decides not to consider some items because the agency concludes that those items do not meet its needs, the vendor whose items are excluded from consideration may protest the exclusion, and GAO will determine whether the agency had a reasonable basis for determining that the excluded items did not meet its needs.<p/>2. In purchase of portable X-ray systems under the FSS, protest challenging agency's conclusion that only a fully digital system would meet the agency's needs is sustained where record fails to show that agency had a reasonable basis for its conclusion that protester's system, which protester asserts uses a hybrid analog/digital signal, would not meet the agency's needs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2.pdf GAO/B-284364.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-284364-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-284364.2; Delta International, Inc., B-284364.2, May 11, 2000; Title 41 Section 253(a)(1) 41 U.S.C. 253(a)(1)