https://www.gao.gov/products/401183

B-271578: Jul 9, 1996

Solicitation did not improperly disclose protester's design information where information was contained in a brochure the protester previously had provided to the agency without restrictions on its use or disclosure. Restriction on the use of ideas in unsolicited proposal does not apply where information was furnished to agency in advertising material. Metric contends that the specifications in th...

https://www.gao.gov/products/157149

B-271578: Jul 9, 1996

A firm protested an Air Force solicitation for storage and transport containers for the KC-135 aircraft cargo roller handling system, contending that the Air Force improperly used proprietary information from its unsolicited proposal as the basis for the solicitation's specifications. GAO held that the: (1) brochure and pricing sheet that the protester submitted to the Air Force did not contain pr...