B-210179: Jan 12, 1983

A firm protested a solicitation issued by the Office of Personnel Management for teleprocessing services. The protester asserted that: (1) the solicitation evaluation criteria did not adequately explain how the cost components would be evaluated; (2) the benchmark test called for substantial manual input by machine operators, which did not measure the true system costs; (3) the solicitation evalua...

B-210179: Jan 12, 1983

DIGEST: PROTEST CONTENDING THAT A SOLICITATION CONTAINED IMPROPER BENCHMARKING PROCEDURES AND INADEQUATE EVALUATION CRITERIA IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FILED PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. DIALCOM ASSERTS THAT: (1) THE SOLICITATION EVALUATION CRITERIA DO NOT ADEQUATELY EXPLAIN HOW THE COST COMPONENTS WILL BE EVALUATED. WHICH IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A TELEPROCESSI...