https://www.gao.gov/products/131381

B-224491: Oct 17, 1986

A firm protested an Army contract award for a cardiac defibrillator/monitoring system, contending that the Army should have rejected the awardee's bid as nonresponsive since it failed to include detailed descriptive literature to show its product's compliance with two salient features. GAO held that: (1) the concept of responsiveness generally did not apply to negotiated procurements; and (2) it w...

https://www.gao.gov/products/456644

B-224491: Oct 17, 1986

PROCUREMENT - SPECIFICATIONS - BRAND NAME/EQUAL - SPECIFICATIONS - EQUIVALENT PRODUCTS - SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS - DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE DIGEST: PROTEST THAT AWARDEE'S PRODUCT WAS NOT EQUAL TO THE BRAND NAME PRODUCT SPECIFIED IN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS DENIED. THE PROTESTER HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH AS UNREASONABLE AGENCY'S ACCEPTANCE OF BEST AND FINAL OFFER TO FURNISH THE TWO SALIENT REQUIREMENTS...