B-202181: Mar 4, 1982

A firm protested two aspects of a contract for remote terminals which are part of a Department of Defense communications network. The firm's first basis of protest was that some of the optical equipment needed for the communications network stood outside the scope of the awarded contract and should have been procured under separate authority. This would have allowed the Air Force to purchase some...

B-202181: Mar 4, 1982

WHEN RECORD CONTAINS NO PROBATIVE EVIDENCE AS TO WHEN PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BASIS OF PROTEST. DOUBT AS TO TIMELINESS WILL BE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF PROTESTER. GAO WILL CONSIDER ISSUES RAISED. 2. WHEN CONTRACTING OFFICER HAS COMPARED AVAILABILITY AND PRICES OF AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM FIVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS AND HAS CONSIDERED OTHER FACTORS BEFORE DETERMINING THAT EXE...