B-227974: Aug 24, 1987

A firm protested under an Army solicitation for a computer-aided design system, contending that the: (1) Army failed to conduct meaningful discussions regarding its software licensing agreement; and (2) solicitation's liquidated damages clause subjected bidders to undue risk. GAO held that the protester untimely filed its protest after the closing date for receipt of final proposals. Accordingly,...

B-227974: Aug 24, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - Apparent solicitation improprieties DIGEST: Protest that the agency did not conduct adequate discussions prior to requiring the submission of revised proposals is dismissed as untimely where the protest was not filed prior to the closing date for receipt of revised proposals. We dismiss the protest as untimely. /1/ The RFP was for...