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B-193501 1 (1979-03-27)

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                         THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DeclSIDIl.               OF  THE   UNITED STATES
                         WASHINGTON, 0. C. 2054B




FILE:  B-193501               DATE:   March 27, 1979

MATTER  OF:   Educational Media Division, Inc.


DIGEST:




        Protest that specifications for language
        laboratory tape deck requiring three
        motor solenoid operated reel-to-reel tape
        transport, independent power supplies in
        each deck, recording level controls, and
        tape threading outline are unduly restric-
        tive of competition is denied, because
        agency provided reasonable basis for
        determination that requirements reflected
        its minimum needs.


        Educational Media Division, Inc. (EMD), has
  protested request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAGO879-
  R-0015 for a language laboratory system for the
  United States Military Academy (West Point), issued
  by the Sacramento Army Depot, California.

       EMD alleges that the specifications for the tape
  decks are obsolete, are written around design charac-
  teristics of tape decks manufactured by GEL Systems,
  Inc. (GEL), do not describe the Government's minimum
  needs, describe equipment not commercially available,
  and are therefore unduly restrictive of competition.
  EMD argues that the following aspects of the specifi-
  cations are restrictive:

       1.  The tape deck will be a three motor reel-to-
  reel solenoid operated deck.

       2.  Each deck will have its own power supply.

       3.  The deck will have an outline of the tape
  threading path with arrows indicating the proper tape
  direction.

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