B-217072.2: May 23, 1985

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which dismissed as untimely its protest against the exclusion of its bid from the competitive range under a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solicitation for engineering support services, contending that GAO was unaware of its timely agency protest against the exclusion. GAO agreed to reconsider the protest after it determined that...

B-217072.2: May 23, 1985

WAS MERELY CONFIRMATION OF TIMELY ORAL PROTEST IS UNQUESTIONED BY AGENCY. IT ESTABLISHES THAT PROTEST TO GAO WAS TIMELY. BASED UPON THE EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS AND REVISED TECHNICAL SCORES REFLECTING PROJECTED IMPROVEMENT IN PROPOSALS IF DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD. WAS NOT UNREASONABLE OR IN VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS. JOULE HAD PROTESTED A NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTR...