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Complaint of Alleged Solicitation Defect

B-203606: Sep 14, 1981

A firm filed a complaint against the minority business enterprise utilization provisions contained in a contract that was 80 percent funded by the Department of Transportation. The complainant contended that the provisions contained in the invitation for bids violated its constitutional rights as well as the free enterprise system. GAO stated that the proper time to file complaints against solicit...

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B-203606, SEP 14, 1981

B-203606: Sep 14, 1981

DIGEST: COMPLAINT FILED AFTER BID OPENING AGAINST PROPRIETY OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROVISIONS IN GRANTEE'S INVITATION FOR BIDS IS DISMISSED BECAUSE THE COMPLAINT CONCERNS AN ALLEGED SOLICITATION DEFECT. WHICH WAS OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPARENT BEFORE BID OPENING. THE PROJECT IS 80 PERCENT FUNDED BY THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION. VIA WOULD PRESUME CONCLUSIVELY THAT ALL COMPETI...

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