B-241418.2: Mar 21, 1991

A firm protested the Navy's resolicitation for an audiovisual system, contending that the Navy: (1) should have awarded it the contract under the previous solicitation, since the procurement was subject to the Buy American Act, and the awardee offered a foreign product; and (2) improperly based the resolicitation on an unclear specification, since the original solicitation clearly indicated the ac...

B-241418.2: Mar 21, 1991

Under which award was to be made to the low-priced acceptable offeror. Where the major required item was solicited in the RFP on a "brand name" rather than on a "brand name or equal" basis and an acceptable equal item was proposed. Which caused a reasonable possibility of prejudice to the competitive system since actual and potential offerors did not have the opportunity to compete on the governme...