B-212538: Dec 6, 1983

A firm protested a General Services Administration's (GSA) contract award for a commercial transportation payment and expense control system. GSA denied the protester's request for an extension of the due date for the receipt of initial proposals, and the protester contended that the competition should be reopened because GSA did not allow sufficient time for proposal preparation. GAO will not que...

B-212538: Dec 6, 1983

DETERMINATION OF DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS IS FOR CONTRACTING AGENCY AND GAO WILL NOT QUESTION SUCH DETERMINATION WHERE. THE RECORD ESTABLISHES THAT THE DATE WAS NOT ARBITRARILY OR CAPRICIOUSLY SELECTED AND THAT THE PROCURING AGENCY ACHIEVED ADEQUATE COMPETITION. 2. IS UNREASONABLE WHERE THE PROTESTER ALLEGES THAT A SINGLE CREDIT CARD SYSTEM MAY HAVE AN ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON ITS I...