https://www.gao.gov/products/442324

B-187318: Feb 15, 1977

BID SUBMITTED ON BRAND NAME OR EQUAL PROCUREMENT WHICH DID NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE TO AFFIRMATIVELY ESTABLISH CONFORMANCE WITH SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS WAS PROPERLY DETERMINED NONRESPONSIVE AFTER DEMONSTRATION OF PRODUCT REVEALED THAT OFFERED PRODUCT DID NOT MEET ONE OF SALIENT REQUIREMENTS. 2. PROCURING AGENCY DETERMINATION THAT BID MODEL DID NOT MEET SALIENT CHARACTERISTIC O...

https://www.gao.gov/products/101531

B-187318: Feb 15, 1977

Corporation protested the determination of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that its Model 2 drafting machine did not meet the salient characteristics of the brand name or equal specification issued by Langley Research Center. It was contractor's responsibility to affirmatively demonstrate the acceptability of its offered product. Company presented no evidence sufficient to overco...