B-208510.2: Apr 13, 1983

A firm protested the award of an Army contract for 169 indicator test sets, technical manuals, and design data, with an option for an additional 84 test sets. The protester contended that the solicitation's specifications contained a material ambiguity, that the Army selected on the basis of price alone without giving adequate consideration to the superior technical merit of the protester's propos...

B-208510.2: Apr 13, 1983

PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION WHICH WAS FILED WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY AND GAO AFTER DATE SET FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY UNDER SECTION 21.2(B)(1) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. PROTEST ALLEGING THAT CONTRACTING AGENCY SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY OF PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL AND AWARDED TO PROTESTER EVEN THOUGH ITS PRICE WAS HIGHER THAN AWARDEE'S PRICE...