B-211396.2, MAY 16, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SPECIFICATIONS IN A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY WHEN FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS WAS APRIL 11. THE PROTEST WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL APRIL 22. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS.
B-211396.2, MAY 16, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SPECIFICATIONS IN A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY WHEN FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS.
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION:
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION PROTESTS THE SPECIFICATIONS USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. PT-83-SAS 00312.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PROTEST BASED UPON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN AN RFP BE FILED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1983). FOR PROTESTS FILED WITH US, THE TERM "FILED" MEANS RECEIPT IN OUR OFFICE. SHELL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., B-203986, JULY 23, 1981, 81-2 CPD 58. THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS WAS APRIL 11, 1983, BUT THE PROTEST WAS NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL APRIL 22, 1983. THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS.