A firm protested the award of a lease to another firm by the General Services Administration (GSA) under a solicitation for office space. The firm protested: (1) the validity of an Executive order which established a preference for central business locations (CBA); and (2) the GSA cost-benefit analysis showing that relocation inside the CBA would not exceed the cost of a non-CBA location by more t...

PROTEST AGAINST A SOLICITATION PROVISION RESTRICTING OFFERS FOR OFFICE SPACE TO A CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FILED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS. 2. WHERE PROTESTER LEARNS THAT SOLICITATION FOR OFFICE SPACE WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA AND WAITS FOUR MONTHS UNTIL ENTIRE PROCUREMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND A CONTRACTOR...