B-230922: Apr 8, 1988

A firm protested the Marine Corps' cancellation of a solicitation and contract award under a resolicitation, contending that it failed to win the contract because the resolicitation exposed its low bid under the initial solicitation. GAO held that: (1) the protester untimely filed its protest against the cancellation more than 10 days after it knew the basis for protest; and (2) regulations requir...

B-230922: Apr 8, 1988

Protest of cancellation of invitation for bids is untimely where filed more than 10 working days after basis for protest was known. 2. Protest of award to a lower bidder on the basis that the protester's low prices under an earlier solicitation that was canceled after bid opening were made available to the competitors has no merit. Since bids are required to be opened publicly and the protester di...