https://www.gao.gov/products/127734

B-218888.3: Aug 22, 1985

A firm protested the award of a contract for radios and ancillary equipment by the Army Contracting Agency, Europe, contending that the awardee's proposal did not meet the technical requirements of the solicitation. GAO stated that it does not independently evaluate the technical adequacy of proposals. The overall determination of the desirability and adequacy of a proposal is primarily a function...

https://www.gao.gov/products/480762

B-218888.3: Aug 22, 1985

WHERE AWARDEE'S COMPLIANCE WITH SOLICITATION REQUIREMENT IS SUBJECT OF TECHNICAL DISPUTE BETWEEN PROTESTER AND CONTRACTING AGENCY. MOTOROLA'S INITIAL PROTEST WAS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT RICHTER HAD OFFERED ITS ICOM-M700 RADIO. MOTOROLA CONTENDS THAT THE ICOM-S700 IS NOT A "KNOWN MODEL" AND IS PROBABLY A "FIELD MODIFIED" VERSION OF THE ICOM-M700. WHICH WAS NOT THE MODEL PROPOSED. IT IS NOT THE FUN...