DIGEST: UNTIMELY PROTEST SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL LESS THAN 5 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE FINAL DATE SPECIFIED FOR FILING A PROTEST WITH GAO WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS. ATTACHED TO THE LETTER WAS A COPY OF THE "PRICE AND PROPOSAL EVALUATION SUMMARY SHEET.". IT WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN AWARDED ANY POINTS UNDER THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISOR'S QUALIFICATIONS AND E...

A firm protested a Forest Service contract award. The protester was informed that the contract had been awarded to another firm because the protester's proposal was found to be technically unacceptable. The protester requested copies of the evaluation materials that were used and, since it did not receive a satisfactory response to this request, the protester renewed its request with the agency an...