B-194794: Jul 30, 1979

PROTEST FILED AFTER CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION IS UNTIMELY. EVEN IF PROTEST WAS MADE PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE. AGENCY'S CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS DESPITE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY PROTESTER WAS INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION AND PROTEST FILED WITH GAO NEARLY TWO MONTHS AFTER THAT DATE IS UNTIMELY. 2. PROTEST OF AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT ALTERNATE PROPOS...

B-194794: Jul 31, 1979

A firm protested a contract award, contending that there were improprieties in the solicitation and that the award was not made to the lowest bidder. The firm had submitted a proposal for an item which was lower in cost than that of the awardee, but the procuring agency found the offered item to be technically unacceptable. It was held that a protest filed after the closing date is untimely and ev...