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B-206444.3 1 (1983-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: V -. 7 . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL oECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20546 FILE: B-206444.3 DATE: January 18, 1983 MATTER OF: Stanley Furniture Company--Request for Reconsideration DIGEST: Prior decision denying protest in part and dismissing it in part is affirmed because protester has failed to establish decision was based on erroneous interpretation of fact or law. Stanley Furniture Company requests that we reconsider our decision Stanley Furniture Company, B-206444, Decem- ber 2, 1982, - D , in which1 we dismissed in part and denied in part Stanley's protests of two Air Force procurements of dormitory furniture. For the reasons stated below, our prior decision is affirmed. We discuss Stanley's three objections to our decision in the order in which the company has raised them. Prior to the opening of bids under invitation for bids (IFB) No. F49642-81-B-0115, Stanley wrote to the con- tracting officer, objecting to the solicitation specifica- tions in two respects. First, Stanley objected to the Air Force's use of a brand-name-or-equal specification which, in Stanley's view, did not adequately describe the salient characteristics of each item, particularly those relating to the internal construction of the furniture. Second, Stanley objected to the fact that the IFB contem- plated an aggregate award for upholstered items, case goods and mattresses. Stanley's position was that very few furniture manufacturers offer all three types of items and that the aggregate award provision would eliminate some bidders from competition. The combined effect of these deficiencies, Stanley asserted, was to unduly restrict competition. Stanley specifically requested that the solicitation be amended to permit separate awards for upholstered items, case goods and mattresses and to state the salient characteristics of the brand name items in more detail. The Air Force's contracting officer responded to Stanley's protest by letter dated December 15, 1981 which in its entirety reads as follows:

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