B-222425: Jul 9, 1986

A firm protested an agency's cancellation of a solicitation for video cassette projectors. The agency cancelled the solicitation after it discovered a defect in the brand-name specifications. The protester contended that: (1) its product, which was the one named in the solicitation, actually met the required salient characteristics; (2) the agency should have awarded the contract to it or one of t...

B-222425: Jul 9, 1986

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - PROTESTER NOT IN LINE FOR AWARD DIGEST: PROTESTER IS NOT AN "INTERESTED PARTY" TO OBJECT TO THE CANCELLATION OF A SOLICITATION WHERE THE PROTESTER WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED AWARD IF THE SOLICITATION HAD NOT BEEN CANCELED SINCE ITS BID WAS NONRESPONSIVE TO A MATERIAL REQUIREMENT. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED. THE IFB FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE VIDEO C...