https://www.gao.gov/products/443429

B-183607: Oct 2, 1975

CONTRACTS - SPECIFICATIONS - FAILURE TO FURNISH SOMETHING REQUIRED - INFORMATION - CATALOG NUMBER AND MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENT THAT BIDDERS SUBMIT MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS AND INDICATE ON THE BID THE MANUFACTURER AND CATALOG NUMBER OF ITEM OFFERED IS INFORMATIONAL IN NATURE AND FAILURE TO COMPLY SHOULD NOT HAVE REQUIRED REJECTION OF BID SINCE PROCURED ITEM WAS NOT UNUSUALLY COMPLEX. WAS ADEQU...

https://www.gao.gov/products/097856

B-183607: Oct 2, 1975

The protester argued that it was improperly declared nonresponsive for failure to submit descriptive data and asserted that requirements for such data should have been waived. The descriptive requirement was informational in nature, and failure to provide that information should not have required rejection of the bid as nonresponsive...