https://www.gao.gov/products/442862

B-216719: Nov 28, 1984

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - INTERESTED PARTY REQUIREMENT - POTENTIAL SUBCONTRACTORS - RESTRICTIVE SPECIFICATIONS ALLEGATIONS DIGEST: POTENTIAL SUBCONTRACTOR IS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY ENTITLED TO PROTEST THE REJECTION OF A PROSPECTIVE PRIME CONTRACTOR'S PROPOSAL OR TO PROTEST THE ALLEGED RESTRICTIVENESS OF A SOLICITATION WHERE ITS PROTEST IS NOT FILED PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS...

https://www.gao.gov/products/125697

B-216719: Nov 28, 1984

A firm protested the Navy's rejection of a proposal submitted by a prime contractor under a request for technical proposals (RFTP). The protester alleged that the requirement for a memory feature was arbitrary and unduly restrictive. In the alternative, the potential subcontractor argued that its equipment complied with specifications and such rejection of the proposal was improper. Although the p...