[Protest of Navy Contract Award Contending Proposal Was not Properly Evaluated]

A firm protested a Navy contract award, arguing that: (1) its proposal was not evaluated properly; (2) the Navy's evaluation process was not thorough enough; (3) there were improprieties in the solicitation; and (4) the awardee's offered product would be too costly when the required modifications were considered. GAO held that: (1) the Navy properly adhered to the stated evaluation scheme and its evaluation of the protester's bid was unobjectionable; (2) whether or not the Navy's evaluation was thorough enough, it was fair and consistent with the evaluation criteria; (3) the complaint about alleged solicitation improprieties was untimely because it was not filed before the closing date for acceptance of proposals; and (4) since the solicitation did not provide for the evaluation of modification costs, such costs were properly excluded from bid evaluations. Accordingly, the protest was denied in part and dismissed in part.