Attachment 4. Brand Name or Equal Provision.pdf

This document is a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision detailing the "Brand Name or Equal" clause (52.211-6), dated August 1999. The provision outlines requirements for offerors when submitting products that are proposed as equivalent to a specified brand name. Key requirements include: (1) products must meet the salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics specified in the solicitation, (2) offerors must clearly identify the item by brand name (if applicable) and make/model number, (3) include descriptive literature or references to previously furnished data, and (4) clearly describe any modifications to make the product conform to solicitation requirements.

The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products based on information provided in the offer, and is not responsible for locating additional information not identified in the offer. Unless an offeror clearly indicates that the product being offered is an "equal" product, they must provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. This provision is associated with a specific solicitation (FA441925Q0029) for a 40K Heavy Duty Truck Dolly by the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command, with a note that funds are not currently available and the Government reserves the right to cancel the solicitation.