B-274585: Nov 18, 1996

A firm protested a Social Security Administration (SSA) solicitation for health care services, contending that the solicitation, as amended, was ambiguous. GAO held that the protester: (1) untimely filed its protest after the closing date for receipt of proposals following the amendment; and (2) could not simply make unsupported assumptions regarding the meaning of the solicitation and then expect...

B-274585: Nov 18, 1996

Protest that the solicitation as amended was ambiguous is untimely where filed after the next closing date for receipt of proposals following the amendment. As evaluation factor in the solicitation was ambiguous. It would have proposed a different physician in order to qualify for a more favorable evaluation. Technical factors were equal in importance to price. The proposed physicians were require...