A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for cold start pumps, contending that: (1) DLA improperly rejected its bid, since its alternate product was equal to the approved source item; and (2) solicitation unduly restricted competition, since it favored the awardee. GAO held that: (1) DLA reasonably rejected the protester's bid, since it failed to supply sufficient informati...

PROCUREMENT - Specifications - Brand name specifications - Equivalent products - Acceptance criteria DIGEST: Procuring agency's evaluation of alternate product as technically unacceptable was reasonable where the protester failed to supply sufficient information to establish the acceptability of its product as required by the solicitation. Is equal to the approved source item and that DLA should h...