B-197259: May 7, 1982

A firm protested noncompetitive procurements conducted by the Geological Survey on the grounds that they violated applicable regulations and that the prices paid exceeded those obtainable from available competitive sources. The procurements involved the purchase of a quantity of dual-density disk drive features to upgrade single-density disk drives and maintenance services for the disk drives. Ori...

B-197259: May 7, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST IS SUSTAINED SINCE AUDIT REPORT OF AGENCY'S INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE CONFIRMED SOME OF PROTESTER'S ALLEGATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER DEFICIENCIES IN PROCUREMENT. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST OF THE PREVIOUS PROCUREMENT BECAUSE IT IS UNTIMELY UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. PROTESTS BASED ON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN ANY TYPE OF SOLICITATION WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING...