B-225823: Jul 20, 1987

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) failure to issue it a copy of a solicitation for paper trays, contending that GSA: (1) untimely notified it of the solicitation's issuance after repeated inquiries; and (2) was aware that it was one of only three firms capable of supplying the required items. GAO held that GSA: (1) improperly failed to provide the protester a copy of the...

B-225823: Jul 20, 1987

General Accounting Office (GAO) generally resolves disputes over whether the protest was timely filed in accordance with GAO's Bid Protest Regulations in the protester's favor if there is at least a reasonable degree of evidence to support the protester's version showing that the protest was timely. Despite being aware that the protester was one of only three firms that have supplied the agency wi...