A firm protested the Government Printing Office's (GPO) rejection of its bid as nonresponsive for paper, contending that the: (1) solicitation was defective because GPO improperly included an Environmental Protection Agency guideline on wastepaper as a mandatory requirement; and (2) requirement limited competition. GAO held that: (1) GPO properly rejected the bid, since the protester intentionally...

Protest alleging specification impropriety apparent on the face of the solicitation that minimum wastepaper content requirement for paper Products being purchased restricts competition is untimely when not filed Prior to bid opening. 2. Protester's bid was properly rejected as nonresponsive where protester took exception in its bid to a material solicitation requirement that paper products to be f...