A firm protested an Army contract award for film processing equipment under a solicitation which required brand name or equal equipment for each of the items. The protester contended that the Army improperly rejected its low bid as nonresponsive. The Army determined that the protester's bid was nonresponsive with regard to production output requirements for five items, and it found that one of the...

GAO WILL DISMISS PROTEST ALLEGING THAT SPECIFICATION IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE WHEN IT IS NOT FILED BEFORE BID OPENING. 2. MADE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AS THE PROTEST WAS FILED. KREONITE ARGUES THAT THE ARMY IMPROPERLY FOUND ITS BID NONRESPONSIVE BECAUSE PRODUCTION OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT SPECIFIED FOR THE ITEMS IN QUESTION. THE FIRM MAINTAINS THAT THE STAINLESS STEEL TANK REQUIREMENT IS U...