B-220421: Feb 6, 1986

A firm protested a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) purchase order placed with a General Services Administration (GSA) computer store for a personal computer system, contending that it submitted an acceptable brand-name-or-equal quote which was lower than the price NOAA obtained. GAO noted that: (1) the protester did not provide a written explanation regarding the meaning of...

B-220421: Feb 6, 1986

IS TIMELY WHERE FILED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF WHEN THE PROTESTER LEARNS OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. PROTEST THAT AN AGENCY FAILED TO CONSIDER A BRAND NAME OR EQUAL QUOTATION BEFORE ORDERING A COMPUTER SYSTEM FROM THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION'S COMPUTER STORE IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE THE AGENCY SPECIFIED A BRAND NAME SYSTEM AND THE OFFER WAS FOR AN "EQUAL" SYSTEM THAT WAS NOT IDENTIFI...