B-237021:
Dec 22, 1989
A firm protested a Coast Guard (USCG) contract award for inflatable life rafts, contending that: (1) USCG improperly used its proprietary data for the raft canopy; and (2) USCG should have purchased the rafts from it, since the awardee's product was not on the qualified products list. GAO held that the: (1) protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 days after initial adverse agency action...