B-221332:
Apr 7, 1986
A firm protested the Army's rejection of its bid as nonresponsive after the Army determined that its equal product would not meet the four salient characteristics of the brand name product listed in the solicitation. GAO has held that: (1) bids offering equal products must conform to the salient characteristics of the brand name equipment to be considered responsive; (2) a bidder must submit suffi...