B-217567: Aug 16, 1985

A firm protested two Navy contract awards under two-step formally advertised procurements, contending that: (1) the Navy's amendments to the procurements' first step requests for technical proposals resulted in an infusion of its technical data to the awardee; (2) the Navy's preaward survey was inadequate; (3) the procurements were unfairly conducted because a Navy contracting officer was later em...

B-217567: Aug 16, 1985

ALLEGATION THAT THE AGENCY USED THE PROTESTER'S PROPRIETARY TECHNICAL DATA IN REVISING SPECIFICATIONS FOR STEP ONE OF A TWO-STEP FORMALLY ADVERTISED PROCUREMENT IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION SINCE FACTS ON WHICH THE ALLEGATION IS BASED SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPARENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF TECHNICAL PROPOSALS BUT THE ALLEGATION WAS NOT RAISED UNTIL AFTER AWARD. A PREAWARD SURVE...