B-208337:
Aug 18, 1982
A firm protested the award of a Veterans Administration (VA) contract. The firm first protested to VA, contending that VA had failed to objectively evaluate its bid sample and disagreeing with the agency's rejection of its sample as unacceptable. This protest was rejected by VA as untimely. The protester appealed the initial adverse agency action to VA 1 month later and protested to GAO, raising e...