B-276676: Apr 21, 1997

A firm protested the Naval Facilities Engineering Command's (NAVFAC) rejection of its bid for pest control services, contending that none of the Federal Acquisition Regulations criteria pertaining to the rejection of individual bids were applicable or cited by NAVFAC as a reason for rejecting its bid. GAO held that: (1) the contracting officer's letter gave sufficient notice of the reason for the...

B-276676: Apr 21, 1997

DIGEST Post-debriefing protest of rejection of bid as unreasonably low is untimely under the Bid Protest Regulations where it was filed more than 10 days after the protester received written notice from the agency of the basis for rejection of its bid. Since the procurement was not conducted on the basis of competitive proposals. The timeliness rules based on requested and required debriefings are...