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Protest of Sole-Source Award

B-203352: Nov 9, 1981

A firm protested the award of a sole-source contract by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the installation, lease, and maintenance of a data communications system. The protester became aware of the SBA need for improvement in its data communications system and submitted an unsolicited proposal to SBA that would satisfy the need. When the protester learned that SBA made an award, it asked...

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B-203352, NOV 9, 1981

B-203352: Nov 9, 1981

1981 - IS UNTIMELY UNDER 4 C.F.R. SINCE THE MATTER WAS NOT FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER FIRST LEARNED OF THE AGENCY'S JUSTIFICATION FOR THE SOLE-SOURCE AWARD. WE CONCLUDE THAT R-M'S PROTEST IS UNTIMELY. THE DOCUMENTS REVEALED THAT SBA DETERMINED THAT CODEX WAS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE OF A MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM WHICH SBA CONSIDERED TO BE THE ONLY TYPE OF SYSTEM TO SATISFY SBA'S UNIQU...

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