B-223874: Nov 10, 1986

A firm protested the Veterans Administration's (VA) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive under a solicitation for window replacement, contending that the solicitation's standard descriptive literature clause failed to specify what the descriptive literature should address and, therefore, did not require descriptive literature. GAO held that, since the solicitation failed to specify the nature and...

B-223874: Nov 10, 1986

PROCUREMENT - SEALED BIDDING - INVITATIONS FOR BIDS - DEFECTS - DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE CLAUSE IN AN INVITATION FOR BIDS WHICH MERELY STATES IN GENERAL TERMS WHAT CATEGORIES OF DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE MIGHT BE REQUIRED IS DEFECTIVE DUE TO LACK OF SPECIFICITY AND BECAUSE THE CONTRACT FILE DOES NOT CONTAIN A TECHNICAL JUSTIFICATION AS TO WHY PRODUCT ACCEPTABILITY CANNOT BE DETER...