A firm protested two Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) contract awards for combat systems and engineering services, contending that: (1) NAVSEA improperly included options costs in the evaluated price; (2) NAVSEA should have evaluated the awardee's prior-year equipment costs; and (3) the awardee failed to date its procurement integrity certificate. GAO held that: (1) the protester untimely filed...

PROCUREMENT Bid Protests GAO procedures Protest timeliness Apparent solicitation improprieties PROCUREMENT Competitive Negotiation Offers Evaluation Options Prices Protest filed after award that agency should not have evaluated option prices in determining lowest overall priced proposal is untimely where the solicitation included a clause which stated that option prices would be evaluated and. Pro...