B-184669: Aug 27, 1975

PROTEST AGAINST SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE ON GROUND THAT REQUIRED PRODUCT IS NOT MANUFACTURED BY ANY SMALL BUSINESSES IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS SINCE PROTEST WAS FILED AFTER AWARD AND 4 C.F.R. 20.2(B)(1) (1975) REQUIRES THAT ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING. UNDER 15 U.S.C. 637(B)(5) (1970) GAO IS WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE...

B-184669: Aug 27, 1975

The protester objected to the award of a contract under a total small business set aside procurement, alleging that there were no small business manufacturers of the item procured. Since the essence of the protest appeared to be that the procurement should not have been issued as a small business set-aside and since the protest was not filed until after award of the contract, the protest was untim...