A firm protested a contract award to another firm under an Air Force solicitation, contending that the awardee's product, which was listed as one of two acceptable products, did not conform to standard military specifications. GAO held that the protest was untimely filed because it was not received by GAO until after the closing date for receipt of proposals and the basis for the protest was appar...

DIGEST: PROTEST REGARDING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE AWARDEE'S PRODUCT IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY WHERE THE AWARDEE'S PRODUCT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION AS ACCEPTABLE BUT THE PROTEST TO GAO WAS NOT FILED UNTIL MORE THAN 4 MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE SOLICITATION AND RECORDS AVAILABLE TO US THAT TURBINE'S PROTEST IS UNTIMELY. THE SOLICITATION WAS...