B-183797:
Mar 16, 1976
PROTEST REGARDING PROPRIETY OF GOVERNMENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE BID IS UNTIMELY SINCE BID WAS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION AFTER BID OPENING AND PROTEST WAS NOT RAISED WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF THE BASIS FOR PROTEST. THAT IS. THE BRAND NAME ITEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE SANSTORM MANUFACTURING COMPANY (SANSTORM) MODEL NO. THE FIVE BIDS RECEIVED WERE BASED ON VARIOUS OFFE...