B-231168: May 24, 1988

A firm protested a Navy contract award for engineering services, contending that: (1) the Navy used erroneous labor and overhead rates to evaluate its proposal; (2) the Navy failed to follow its cost evaluation criteria; (3) its technical proposal was superior to the awardee's; and (4) the Navy acted in bad faith in providing the awardee with a list of its employees. GAO held that the: (1) protest...

B-231168: May 24, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - 10 day rule DIGEST: Protest of agency's use of Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) recommended labor and overhead rates to evaluate cost proposal is untimely when filed with General Accounting Office more than 10 working days after DCAA rates were given to protester and protester was able to determine that the rates were allegedly...