A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its alternate offer under a solicitation for a telecommunications system, contending that the Air Force unreasonably interpreted a solicitation specification requiring exclusive government access to the system. GAO held that the: (1) protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 days after it became aware of the basis for protest; (2) Air Force rea...

Protest of agency's interpretation of requirement that solicited telephone system be for government's exclusive official use is dismissed as untimely where protester was informed during discussions of agency's interpretation of the requirement and revised its proposal in response to the agency's interpretation. Protest on this basis was not filed within 10 working days of such agency advice. Prote...