https://www.gao.gov/products/140174

B-236723: Dec 8, 1989

A firm protested the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) rejection of its bid and subsequent contract award for welding electrode, contending that DLA unreasonably required it to provide information regarding its alternate product's chemical composition, since DLA lacked the expertise to evaluate such information, which was proprietary and not necessary for product selection. GAO held that DLA reason...

https://www.gao.gov/products/437192

B-236723: Dec 8, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Competitive Negotiation - Offers - Evaluation - Technical acceptability - Equivalent products DIGEST: Rejection of alternate product as unacceptable under alternate products clause because of lack of sufficient information to establish equivalence was unobjectionable where protester was unable to supply specifically requested information the agency reasonably determined was necessary...