B-261475: Aug 14, 1995

A firm protested the Army's rejection of its bid and subsequent contract award for pneumatic tire changers, contending that the Army improperly rejected its bid as nonresponsive. GAO held that the Army properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive, since the protester failed to submit evidence that its proposed alternative product met the solicitation's brand name or equal requirements. A...

B-261475: Aug 14, 1995

Protester's bid offering an alternative product as an "equal" was properly rejected as nonresponsive where the descriptive literature furnished with the bid did not show that the offered product met the listed salient requirements. The Army rejected Lappen's bid on the basis that it did not clearly establish that Lappen was offering an "equal" product. Lappen's bid was second low. Without applicat...