B-225545:
Mar 6, 1987
A firm protested a Federal Supply Service (FSS) brand-name-or-equal solicitation for five types of soft-face, compo-cast hand hammers, contending that: (1) the hammers were proprietary to the brand-name manufacturer; (2) FSS received bids exclusively from the brand-name manufacturer's suppliers; and (3) its prices were lower than those of the bidders supplying the brand-name hammers. GAO noted tha...