B-211733: Oct 11, 1983

A firm protested an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contract award to supply a forklift truck and contended that IRS improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive. The solicitation specifications included salient characteristics of the truck and its wiring system and required bidders to furnish descriptive literature to establish in detail the design, materials, components, construction, and operati...

B-211733: Oct 11, 1983

DIGEST: BID WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE TO BRAND NAME OR EQUAL SOLICITATION WHERE THE PROTESTER FAILED TO SHOW THAT THE CONTRACTING AGENCY ERRONEOUSLY OR ARBITRARILY DETERMINED THAT DESCRIPTIVE MATERIAL SUBMITTED WITH THE BID. THE PURPOSE OF WHICH WAS TO ESTABLISH IN DETAIL THE DESIGN. BIDS WERE SUBMITTED BY SIX FIRMS. WAS NONRESPONSIVE. THE AGENCY CONCLUDED THAT PROFESSIONAL MATERIAL H...