A firm protested a Drug Enforcement Administration solicitation amendment, arguing that it left an unreasonably short amount of time between the closing date for receipt of proposals and the commencement date of the contract. Bid protest procedures require that protests against alleged improprieties in a solicitation amendment be filed before the next closing date. GAO held that, since the protest...

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES - APPARENT PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS DIGEST: A PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES WHICH DO NOT EXIST IN THE INITIAL SOLICITATION BUT WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY INCORPORATED THEREIN MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN THE NEXT CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS OR IT IS UNTIMELY...