[Protest Against Air Force Rejection of Bid for Pressure Gauges]

A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its bid for pressure gauges as nonresponsive, contending that the item it offered was equal to the required brand-name item. GAO held that the Air Force properly rejected the protester's bid as nonresponsive, since the protester's descriptive literature did not establish that the offered product complied with the solicitation's salient characteristics. Accordingly, the protest was denied.