B-282698: Jul 16, 1999

DIGEST Agency reasonably determined protester's quotation was technically unacceptable where solicitation required submission of descriptive literature to establish that offered equipment met the performance specifications. Protester submitted only general technical information that did not show that all requirements were met. That EPA should have issued the purchase order to Elementar. A combined...

B-282698: Jul 16, 1999

A firm protested an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contract award for an elemental analyzer system, contending that EPA should have awarded it the contract, since it was the low bidder. GAO held that HUD reasonably rejected the protester's bid, since the protester failed to furnish descriptive literature that demonstrated that the solicitation's performance specifications were met. Accordin...