https://www.gao.gov/products/139183

B-235376.2: Jul 25, 1989

A firm protested a Department of Transportation contract award for a tamping machine, contending that the awardee's bid was nonresponsive, since its product did not meet all of the requirements. GAO held that the awardee: (1) unequivocally offered to provide the required product; and (2) submitted descriptive literature and a first-article test report which showed its product's compliance with the...

https://www.gao.gov/products/420970

B-235376.2: Jul 25, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Contract awards - Propriety - Allegation substantiation - Evidence sufficiency DIGEST: Protest that awardee's bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive is denied where the awardee unequivocally offered to provide the required machine in accordance with the material terms and conditions of the invitation for bids (IFB) and the awardee's descriptive literature sho...