B-276843: May 22, 1997

A firm protested a Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) contract award for a toll-free integrated voice response system, contending that VA improperly: (1) rejected its bid; and (2) made award to the higher bidder. GAO held that: (1) the protester untimely filed its protest more than 10 days after it knew its basis of protest; (2) the protest did not meet the exception to the timeliness requiremen...

B-276843: May 22, 1997

Where protester challenges a procurement conducted on the basis of competitive proposals where a debriefing is requested and. Is required. Award is made to Televoice Inc. of Houston. "The offer which was submitted by [Minotaur] has been rejected. This was necessary since the [standard form] (SF) 33 (Solicitation. Offer and Award) was not returned nor were there any documents provided indicating th...