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[Protest of State Department Contract Award for Vehicle Insurance Tracking System]

B-218601 Published: Jul 12, 1985. Publicly Released: Jul 12, 1985.
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A firm protested a Department of State contract award, contending that: (1) the Office of Foreign Missions did not have the authority to conduct the procurement; (2) the solicitation gave no indication of the relative importance of the evaluation criteria; (3) the solicitation was vague; (4) the awardee received information not in the solicitation; and (5) the award should not have been made on the basis of initial proposals. GAO noted that these issues were evident from the solicitation but were not protested to until after the initial closing date for receipt of proposals. GAO has held that protests based upon alleged improprieties apparent in a solicitation must be filed prior to the closing date for receipt of proposals. GAO found that: (1) the protest issues were untimely filed; (2) once the protester was aware of a different interpretation of the solicitation provision, it should have filed a protest within 10 days; and (3) no evidence was submitted in support of the allegation that the awardee received information not in the solicitation. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed.

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