B-212623: Aug 22, 1983

A firm protested any contract award under a Department of Justice solicitation, alleging that several solicitation terms were ambiguous. Bid protest procedures require that protests based on alleged improprieties in any solicitation must be filed prior to bid opening. Since this protest was filed after bid opening, it was untimely. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

B-212623: Aug 22, 1983

DIGEST: A PROTEST FILED AFTER BID OPENING WHICH ALLEGES AMBIGUITIES WHICH WERE APPARENT IN THE SOLICITATION IS UNTIMELY. GEONAUTICS ALLEGES THAT SEVERAL TERMS IN THE SOLICITATION WERE NOT CLEARLY DEFINED AND THUS WERE AMBIGUOUS. PROTESTS BASED ON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN ANY TYPE OF SOLICITATION WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING. BID OPENING WAS ON AUGUST 4...