https://www.gao.gov/products/138712

B-234281: May 23, 1989

A firm protested an Army contract award for fuel injector nozzles, contending that the Army: (1) improperly used a request for quotations (RFQ) instead of a request for proposals to solicit the requirement; and (2) failed to hold meaningful discussions. GAO noted that the Army: (1) terminated the original contract and resolicited the procurement as a result of the protester's earlier protest; and...

https://www.gao.gov/products/437619

B-234281: May 23, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Bid Protests - GAO procedures - Protest timeliness - Apparent solicitation improprieties DIGEST: Where protester was advised 1 month before the closing date for receipt of best and final quotations that agency would consider the quotations as firm offers. That the agency should have employed request for proposals instead of request for quotations to solicit firm offers is untimely. T...