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Bid Responsiveness: Products "Equal" to Brand Name Products in Solicitation

B-188047: May 13, 1977

Two bidders objected to the rejection of their bids on the basis of a lack of sufficient information to determine whether the offered products were equal to the brand name products in the solicitation. The bids were properly rejected. Procuring activity may not consider product information submitted by the bidder after bid opening, since to do so would permit the bidder to affect the responsivenes...

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B-188047, MAY 13, 1977, 56 COMP.GEN. 608

B-188047: May 13, 1977

CONTRACTS - SPECIFICATIONS - RESTRICTIVE - PARTICULAR MAKE - DECRIPTION AVALILABILITY BIDS WERE PROPERLY REJECTED WHERE INFORMATION REASONABLY AVAILABLE TO PROCURING ACTIVITY WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH THAT PROTESTERS' OFFERED PRODUCTS WERE "EQUAL" TO THE BRAND NAME ITEMS SPECIFIED IN THE INVITATION FOR BIDS. BIDS - PERPARATION - COSTS - NONCOMPENSABLE - NOR RESPONSIVE BID CLAIM FOR "LOSS OF...

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