A firm maintained that three reasons given by the contracting agency for the rejection of its proposal did not warrant award to another company at a cost about $264,000 higher per year over a 5-year period. The protester believed that the systems it proposed could have performed the job very well, and that any differences between its proposal and the solicitation requirements could have been resol...

DIGEST: APRIL 1979 PROTEST OF AWARD TO COMPETING OFFEROR AT HIGHER PRICE IS UNTIMELY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. SINCE PROTEST IS ACTUALLY DIRECTED AT PRIOR REJECTION OF PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL AS TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE IN JANUARY 1979. WAS NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER PROTESTER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF REASONS FOR REJECTION. THE PROTESTER BELIEVES THAT THE SYSTEMS IT PROPOSED COULD...