United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1997-12-03 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:B-277862 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277862 P0b002ee18fd4aef9 f:277862 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-277862 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-277862 B-277862 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protester's contention that the agency waived a material solicitation requirement for the awardee is dismissed as untimely where the contention is based on an ambiguous requirement in the statement of work that was apparent on the face of the solicitation documents and thus constituted a patent ambiguity that had to be protested prior to the closing date for submission of initial proposals. <p/>2. Protester was not prejudiced by an agency decision to ignore a requirement in the statement of work requiring compliance with a transmission duty cycle imposed by Federal Communications Commission regulations where the record shows that the awardee's offered equipment operated with or without the duty cycle, and also shows that even with the imposition of the duty cycle requirement the offered equipment nonetheless transmitted data at a rate compliant with the solicitation's requirements for transmission speed.<p/>3. Contention that the agency conducted an unreasonable price evaluation of one of the awardee's optional items is denied where the record shows that the agency's approach was reasonable, and in compliance with the instructions set forth in the solicitation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277862/html/GAOREPORTS-B-277862.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277862/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-277862.pdf GAO/B-277862 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277862 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-277862; Motorola, Inc., B-277862, December 3, 1997;