B-199524: Jan 13, 1981

A company protested the award of a contract by the Department of the Navy. The company objected to having to submit a written request in order to obtain information it wanted in preparing its bid, and it suggested that this action was intended by the Navy to preclude it from bidding. The company alleged that this information was given over the telephone to another bidder, and that this preferentia...

B-199524: Jan 13, 1981

NAVY'S REFUSAL TO RELEASE RECORDS OF PRIOR PROCUREMENT WITHOUT FIRST PROCESSING A WRITTEN REQUEST WAS NOT IMPROPER. 2. CONSTITUTES SPECULATION AND WILL NOT SATISFY PROTESTER'S BURDEN OF AFFIRMATIVELY PROVING ITS CASE. 3. PROTESTS OF BOND REQUIREMENTS IN SOLICITATION AND ALLEGEDLY INSUFFICIENT SPECIFICATIONS ARE UNTIMELY SINCE THEY INVOLVE DEFECTS ON FACE OF SOLICITATION AND WERE NOT FILED IN GAO P...