Where the contracting authority uses the option of referring to the specifications provided for in point (a) of point 17.3, it shall not reject a tender on the grounds that it does not comply with those specifications once the tenderer proves, by any appropriate means, that the solution proposed satisfies, in an equivalent manner, the requirements defined in the technical specifications.
I gcás ina mbaineann an t-údarás conarthach úsáid as an rogha le tagairt do na sonraíochtaí dá bhforáiltear i bpointe (a) de phointe 17.3, ní dhiúltóidh sé do thairiscint ar an mbonn nach gcomhlíonann sí na sonraíochtaí sin a luaithe a chruthaíonn an tairgeoir, trí bhealach iomchuí ar bith, go sásaíonn an réiteach atá molta, ar bhealach coibhéiseach, na ceanglais atá sainmhínithe sna sonraíochtaí teicniúla.