PROTEST BASED UPON THE FACT THAT PROTESTER HAS PROTEST PENDING WITH GAO CONCERNING PRIOR ALLEGED IMPROPER AWARD BY CONTRACTING AGENCY FOR SAME PRODUCT IS NOT A REVIEWABLE BASIS OF PROTEST. 2. SUBSEQUENT ALLEGATION THAT THE CONTRACTING AGENCY SHOULD HAVE PROCURED PRODUCT BY FORMAL ADVERTISING RATHER THAN BY NEGOTIATION RAISED FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS IS UNTIMEL...

A firm protested any contract award under the Army Tank-Automotive Command's request for proposals (RFP) for plane and case seals. The protester contended that the award was improper because: (1) its protest under another procurement for the same product was pending; and (2) the contracting agency should have procured the product through formal advertisement rather than negotiation. GAO found that...