A firm protested the Army's rejection of its technical proposal as unacceptable in a formal, two-step procurement, contending that the specification requirements would lead to unnecessary costs and were unreasonable and unworkable. The protester further contended that the Army should have requested clarification of the proposal instead of rejecting it since it found only one contractor technically...

FORMALLY ADVERTISED PROCUREMENT IS UNTIMELY BECAUSE IT WAS FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF TECHNICAL PROPOSALS. FORMALLY ADVERTISED PROCUREMENT WAS PROPERLY REJECTED WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS WHERE IT TOOK EXCEPTIONS TO ESSENTIAL AND MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL PROPOSALS. THIS TWO-STEP PROCUREMENT IS FOR A LOCATION OF MISS AND HIT (LOMAH) SYSTEM. LOMAH IS AN...