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News/Protests & Claims/Agency Cannot Justify Need for Brand Name Product Specifications; GAO B-413876.2, Pitney Bowes Inc.
News·Protests & Claims Brief

Agency Cannot Justify Need for Brand Name Product Specifications; GAO B-413876.2, Pitney Bowes Inc.

Protest challenging technical specifications as unduly restrictive of competition is sustained, where the agency’s product specifications amounted to a brand name or equivalent procurement, but the agency could not justify its need for the capabilities that limited competition from other, similar products.

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