B-230674:
May 18, 1988
A firm protested a General Services Administration (GSA) contract award for resin, fire retardant, and floor matting, contending that GSA improperly: (1) created a de facto auction and disclosed that it was the low bidder on certain items, since GSA limited preaward surveys to those items; and (2) accepted the awardee's late best and final offer. GAO held that: (1) it would consider the untimely p...