A firm protested the Panama Canal Commission's award to another firm of an architect and engineering (A&E) services contract for a hydraulic model study on proposed fill-spill valves in the miter gates of the Panama Canal locks. The protester performed an earlier study for the Commission and submitted an unsolicited proposal assessing the design of the proposed valves. The Commission decided that...

ITS PROTEST BASED ON ITS EXCLUSION FROM A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT FOR THE STUDY AND ALLEGED AGENCY MISHANDLING OF ITS PROPOSAL IS UNTIMELY SINCE THE FIRM FAILED TO DILIGENTLY PURSUE THE INFORMATION ON WHICH ITS PROTEST WAS BASED AFTER BEING NOTIFIED THAT A CONTRACT FOR THE STUDY HAD BEEN AWARDED TO ANOTHER FIRM. THIS WAS AN ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING (A&E) SERVICES CONTRACT FOR A HYDRAULIC MODEL ST...