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[Protest Alleging Specifications in Air Force IFB Improperly Restrict Competition]

B-215481: Jun 19, 1984

A firm protested that certain specifications under an Air Force solicitation were unduly restrictive in that they required the use of a material for which there was no known source. GAO held that the protest was untimely filed because it was received by GAO after the bid opening date. Accordingly, the protest was dismissed...

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B-215481, JUN 19, 1984

B-215481: Jun 19, 1984

DIGEST: PROTEST BASED ON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES ON THE FACE OF A SOLICITATION IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS WHERE NOT FILED WITH GAO OR THE CONTRACTING AGENCY PRIOR TO BID OPENING. BY EXCLUDING A MATERIAL WHICH HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN USED IN THE PAST WHILE REQUIRING A MATERIAL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN CURRENT SOURCE. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES PROVIDE THAT PROTESTS ALLEGING...

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