United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1999-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-281437.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2 P0b002ee18fd49421 f:2814372 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2 B-281437.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency reasonably found through testing that protester's submitted product sample did not comply with salient characteristics of the product.<p/>2. Protester whose product sample had been properly rejected as failing various salient characteristics of the product is an interested party to protest that the product samples of the awardee do not comply with the salient characteristics where the awardee is the only other offeror.<p/>3. Awardee's product sample cannot be said to satisfy salient characteristic where this matter was not tested as required by the solicitation and the protester has presented unrebutted evidence that there was a likelihood that the awardee's product sample would not meet this characteristic if tested. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2.pdf GAO/B-281437.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281437-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281437.2; Wilcox Industries Corporation, B-281437.2; B-281437.3; B-281437.4, June 30, 1999;