Basis of design
The basis of design is the product an engineer used to design a project and names in the specification.
Other products can usually be offered as equals, but the named product starts with the advantage.
On a real bid
A specification may name one product with no substitutes, name one or more products followed by "or equal", or describe performance with no product named. Manufacturers call this their spec position.
Getting named is mostly done before the bid, by working with the engineer while the project is designed.
The longer read: Basis of design: how manufacturers get written into specs, and out of them
Where Capveon reads it
For manufacturers, Capveon reads each specification and says whether you are named, named with "or equal" or not named, with the page.
