PROTEST ALLEGING SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES THAT ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING MUST BE FILED BEFORE BID OPENING. 2. HE WAS TOLD THAT HIS BID WOULD NOT BE REJECTED FOR FAILURE TO HAVE THE MARYLAND LICENSE. WE RECEIVED THE MAILGRAM TWO DAYS LATER - THE DAY AFTER BIDS WERE OPENED. A PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION THAT ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING MUST BE FILED EITHER WITH T...

A firm protested certain provisions of a Navy solicitation for technical and professional services. Specifically, the protester contended that two provisions in the solicitation regarding the licensing of bidders were in conflict with each other. The record showed that the protester telephoned the agency before bid opening and threatened that it might protest the solicitation. While an oral protes...