[Protest of Air Force Contract Award]

A firm protested any contract award under an Air Force solicitation for the replacement of steel siding on buildings, contending that the siding specification was unduly restrictive of competition. Bid protest procedures require that, if a protest is initially filed with the contracting agency, any subsequent protest to GAO must be filed within 10 working days of notification of initial adverse agency action. Since the protest was not filed with GAO within that timeframe, it was dismissed as untimely.