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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION *OF THE UNITED STATES
/WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
FILE: B-183607 DATE: October 2, 1975
MATTER OF: White Plains Electrical Supply Co., Inc.
DIGEST:
1. Requirement that bidders submit manufacturer's specifications
and indicate on the bid the manufacturer and catalog number
of item offered is informational in nature and failure to com-
ply should not have required rejection of bid since procured
item was not unusually complex, was adequately described in
solicitation and record did not provide adequate justification
.for such requirement.
2. Requirement for submission of manufacturer's specifications
with bid to show that product offered conforms to specification
is not justified since solicitation did not advise bidders with
particularity both as to extent of detail required and purpose
to be served by such requirement.
3. General statement by bidder that item offered would be fully
color coded rather than a statement of compliance with one of
the precise color coding methods specified by agency did not
require rejection of bid since in the absence of an express
exception to methods specified by agency bidder's general state-
ment must be construed as consistent with solicitation requirements.
White Plains Electrical Supply Co., Inc. has protested award
of a contract for a definite quantity of electrical cable under
Solicitation No. 200-B-4465, issued by the U.S. Department of Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation. The protester argues that it was improperly de-
clared nonresponsive because it failed to submit descriptive data called
for in the invitation for bids (IFB) and asserts that the requirements
for such data should have been waived as informalities or minor
irregularities.
The solicitation requested bidders to indicate on the schedule
the manufacturer, catalog number and price of the items bid in the
blank space provided. Bidders were advised at the conclusion of the
list of items in the schedule, as follows: IMPORTANT: Please [see] re-
quirements of Paragraph A-8 of the Special Conditions for submittal
of data. In this connection, the solicitation provided:
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