B-245250: Dec 18, 1991

A firm protested a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for chocolate bars, contending that the awardee's offered product did not comply with the solicitation specifications. GAO held that DLA failure to test the awardee's offered product did not render the award improper, since the: (1) solicitation did not require any specific testing; and (2) the awardee was obligated to produce a conf...

B-245250: Dec 18, 1991

Contract award is not improper because agency inadvertently failed to test and approve awardee's product demonstration models (PDMs) prior to award where solicitation does not require any specific testing. The awardee is otherwise obligated to supply a product that meets the solicitation specifications. 2. Allegation that awardee's product does not comply with Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)...