A firm protested the Army's rejection of its low bid for storage equipment as nonresponsive, contending that its product complied with the solicitation's brand-name-or-equal requirements. GAO held that the Army improperly rejected the protester's bid, since the: (1) product met all specified requirements; (2) protester furnished sufficient descriptive literature for proper product assessment; and...

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bids - Evaluation Errors - Evaluation Criteria - Application DIGEST: Protest of rejection of equal product offered in response to a brand name or equal procurement is sustained where rejection was based on failure to meet salient characteristics that were not listed in the invitation. The contract was to be awarded to the responsive. Has an obligation to inform bidde...