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B-193501 1 (1979-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhbf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9'wPeo,.~ 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.