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Article: Brand-name orders discouraged.(Brief article)
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- Set-Aside Alert
- Article date:
- December 7, 2007
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In what is becoming an annual event, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy is reminding agencies that they must justify the use of a specific brand name in solicitations.
OFPP issued similar policy memos in 2005 and 2006, but said it is still receiving complaints.
In the latest memo, issued Nov. 28, OFPP Administrator Paul Denett wrote, "Brand name or equal purchase descriptions should be properly used. Misuse of these purchase descriptions can limit competition, ...