DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING ALLEGEDLY ARBITRARY AND PUNITIVE SOLICITATION TERMS WHICH WERE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AFTER BID OPENING. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE IFB ARE ARBITRARY AND PUNITIVE. KLEEN-RITE'S ALLEGATIONS PERTAIN TO ALLEGED SOLICITATION DEFICIENCIES WHICH WERE APPARENT PRIO...

A firm protested the terms of an invitation for bids issued by the Army, contending that certain requirements contained in an amendment were arbitrary and punitive. Bid protest procedures require that protests which pertain to alleged solicitation deficiencies which are apparent prior to bid opening be filed before that time. Since this protest was not received within this timeframe, it was untime...