B-227019,B-227020: Aug 10, 1987

A firm protested two Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract awards for air valves, contending that DLA improperly: (1) accepted the awardee's alternate equipment, since it did not provide data showing the interchangeability of its equipment with the required equipment; and (2) allowed the awardee to substitute first-article testing procedures for the required demonstration of interchangeability....

B-227019,B-227020: Aug 10, 1987

WHERE THE PRODUCTS OFFERED CLAUSE PERMITTED OFFERS OF ALTERNATES THAT ARE PHYSICALLY. THE FIRST RFP WAS FOR 2768 SOLENOID FUEL VALVES CLASSIFIED BY THE AGENCY AS CRITICAL PARTS FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE. WHILE THE SECOND RFP WAS FOR 2654 SOLENOID AIR VALVES CLASSIFIED AS NONCRITICAL PARTS FOR GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. THE PRODUCTS OFFERED CLAUSE GENERALLY IS USED TO PROCURE REPLACEMENT PARTS. THE CLA...