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Protest Against Bid Rejection

B-196801: Jul 29, 1980

The low bidder on a contract for a brand name or equal time code display clock protested the rejection of its bid. The invitation for bids (IFB) included a list of salient characteristics of the brand name model to be met by an equal product, and required descriptive literature to show that equality. The contracting agency found the protester's bid to be nonresponsive because the descriptive liter...

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B-196801, JUL 29, 1980

B-196801: Jul 29, 1980

BID WAS PROPERLY FOUND NONRESPONSIVE WHERE DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE SUBMITTED WITH BID DID NOT CLEARLY SHOW PRODUCT WAS EQUAL TO BRAND NAME. 2. AGENCY PROPERLY REFUSED TO CONSIDER DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE SUBMITTED AFTER BID OPENING IN EVALUATION OF BID SINCE MATERIAL SUBMITTED WAS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PRIOR TO BID OPENING. 4. PROTEST IN REGARD TO ALLEGED AMBIGUITIES IN IFB SUBMITTED AFTER BID OPENI...

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