B-229966: Mar 24, 1988

A firm protested a National Mediation Board (NMB) purchase order award for reporting services, contending that NMB improperly: (1) limited the competition, since it did not solicit a quote from the protester; and (2) made award on a sole-source basis that was not fair or reasonable. GAO held that the protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 days after it became aware of the basis for prot...

B-229966: Mar 24, 1988

Protest filed more than 10 working days after the basis of the protest was known. Is untimely. Gross filed a protest with this Office complaining that the agency had failed to solicit the firm and had made award to Riley on a sole-source basis at a price that was not fair and reasonable. Which Gross says was zero dollars per page. /1/ Our Bid Protest Regulations provide that a protest of other tha...