B-228324: Dec 29, 1987

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for scoop loaders, contending that the awardee did not offer a commercial product, as the solicitation required. GAO held that DLA properly awarded the contract, since the awardee's model was sufficiently similar to the required equipment. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-228324: Dec 29, 1987

Is a definitive responsibility criterion which looks to the manufacturer's capability rather than to the product history of the particular model solicited. Was not marketed for the stated period of time prior to bid opening). Of particular importance for purposes of this protest is a provision (clause 3.1.1) added by the solicitation to the above-referenced federal specification which reads as fol...