[Protest of EPA Contract Award for Elemental Analyzer Systems]

A firm protested an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contract award for an elemental analyzer system, contending that EPA should have awarded it the contract, since it was the low bidder. GAO held that HUD reasonably rejected the protester's bid, since the protester failed to furnish descriptive literature that demonstrated that the solicitation's performance specifications were met. Accordingly, the protest was denied.