[Protest of Commerce Contract Award]

B-257097 Published: May 09, 1994. Publicly Released: May 09, 1994.

Highlights

A firm protested a Department of Commerce contract award, contending that Commerce improperly awarded the contract without an appropriate Department of Labor wage determination. GAO held that the protester: (1) untimely filed its protest regarding alleged solicitation improprieties after contract award; and (2) should have raised the wage rate determination issue with the Department of Labor. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed.

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Employment

Contract award protestsFederal procurementJurisdictional authorityOffer acceptance periodsSolicitation specificationsUntimely protestsWage surveysBid evaluation protestsProtestsPay ratesBid protest regulationsIntellectual property rightsBid proposalsFederal regulationsWage determinations