GAO WILL CONSIDER THE LETTER AN ADEQUATE EXPRESSION OF AN INTENT TO PROTEST NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE WORD "PROTEST" WAS NOT USED. 2. SOLICITATION AMENDMENT THAT DID NOT FORECLOSE THE POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER AGENCY CONSIDERATION OF ONE OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN A PROTEST TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION ON THAT ISSUE. 3. CONTRACTING OFFICER COULD REASONA...

Two firms protested a small business set-aside restriction in an invitation for bids (IFB) issued by the Defense Personnel Support Center. GAO found that one firm's protest was untimely since it was filed after bid opening although the protest concerned an alleged IFB impropriety and should have been filed prior to that date. GAO held that the second firm's protest, which also objected to the spec...