https://www.gao.gov/products/128899

B-220648: Jan 17, 1986

A firm protested a proposed Army contract award under a brand-name-or-equal solicitation for automatic data processing systems, contending that the products offered by two proposed awardees under two schedules were not responsive to the specified performance criteria. After the protest, the Army found that one item did not meet the solicitation's salient characteristics, and intended to terminate...

https://www.gao.gov/products/461433

B-220648: Jan 17, 1986

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - DIRECT INTEREST CRITERION DIGEST: PROTEST FROM COMPANY NOT IN LINE FOR AWARD IF PROTEST IS UPHELD IS DISMISSED BECAUSE PROTESTER DOES NOT HAVE REQUISITE DIRECT ECONOMIC INTEREST TO BE CONSIDERED AN "INTERESTED PARTY" UNDER GAO BID PROTEST REGULATIONS. SCHEDULE I WAS FOR SEVERAL IBM MODELS OR EQUAL COMPUTERS WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND SET FOR...