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[Protest of SCS Contract Award for Nursery Project]
https://www.gao.gov/products/136895

B-232585: Sep 26, 1988

A firm protested a Soil Conservation Service (SCS) contract award for a nursery project, contending that SCS improperly: (1) exposed its low bid prior to renegotiation of the initial solicitation; and (2) failed to provide offerers sufficient time to prepare their proposals. GAO held that the protester untimely filed its protest more than 3 weeks after bid opening. Accordingly, the protest was dis...

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B-232585, Sep 26, 1988, 88-2 CPD 287
https://www.gao.gov/products/421422

B-232585: Sep 26, 1988

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - Apparent solicitation improprieties DIGEST: Protest alleging that agency improperly rejected all bids received and converted the procurement to a negotiated one with an inadequate time for preparation of offers is dismissed as untimely where not filed until approximately 3 weeks after proposals were due and protester had learned it...

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