B-249763.3: Feb 22, 1993

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for launch support services, contending that the: (1) Air Force's estimate of the quantity of labor required to perform the contract was flawed; (2) Air Force improperly required it to base its bid on Air Force labor estimates; and (3) Air Force did not properly evaluate the awardee's cost proposal. GAO held that the: (1) protester untimely filed its pr...

B-249763.3: Feb 22, 1993

PROCUREMENT Bid Protests GAO procedures Protest timeliness Apparent solicitation improprieties Protest challenging accuracy of agency's labor estimate is untimely where estimate was included in the solicitation and protest was not filed until after another offeror was selected for contract award. To submit a proposal consistent with the agency's labor estimate is denied where awardee's proposal wa...