A firm requested reconsideration of the dismissal of its protest against any award under an Army solicitation for antitank mine electronic assemblies, contending that: (1) the Army included defective technical data in the solicitation; and (2) it could not have protested before bid opening because it was investigating the extent of the solicitation's deficiencies. GAO noted that the protester: (1)...

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES - APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING/CLOSING DATE FOR PROPOSALS DIGEST: PROTEST CHALLENGING AS DEFECTIVE THE TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE IN A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) INVOLVES ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES APPARENT ON THE FACE OF THE RFP AND THEREFORE IS UNTIMELY WHEN NOT FILED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE...