B-184759: Dec 24, 1975

CONTRACTS - SPECIFICATIONS - DESCRIPTIVE DATA - "SUBJECT TO CHANGE" QUALIFICATION PRINTED LEGEND ON DESCRIPTIVE DATA SHEETS SUBMITTED WITH BID THAT PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN DATA SHEETS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE MAY BE IGNORED IN EVALUATING BID UNDER BRAND NAME OR EQUAL CLAUSE SINCE BID. EFFECT OF LEGEND BY MANUFACTURER OF EQUIPMENT IS TO RESERVE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES AS TO IT...

B-184759: Dec 24, 1975

The protester, a regular dealer, objected to the rejection of its bid as nonresponsive because of a printed legend on the manufacturer's descriptive data sheets submitted with the bid which stated that the product specifications were subject to change without notice. The printed legend may be ignored in evaluating the bid under the brand name or equal clause since the bid, read as a whole, indicat...