B-215217, JUN 21, 1984
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY WHERE IT WAS NOT FILED UNTIL NEARLY 18 MONTHS AFTER THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE BASIS FOR ITS PROTEST. A PROTEST BASED ON OTHER THAN A SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETY MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THIS PROCUREMENT WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982. THAT THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF ITS BASIS FOR PROTEST NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER OF 1982. SINCE EVERHART'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL MAY 14. IT IS CLEARLY UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-215217, JUN 21, 1984
DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY WHERE IT WAS NOT FILED UNTIL NEARLY 18 MONTHS AFTER THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE BASIS FOR ITS PROTEST.
EVERHART APPRAISAL SERVICE, INC.:
EVERHART APPRAISAL SERVICE, INC. PROTESTS THE FOREST SERVICE'S REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSAL UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. R5-SCZ 82-09 FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES.
UNDER OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, A PROTEST BASED ON OTHER THAN A SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETY MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B) (1984). THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THIS PROCUREMENT WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982, AND THAT THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF ITS BASIS FOR PROTEST NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER OF 1982. SINCE EVERHART'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL MAY 14, 1984, IT IS CLEARLY UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS. SEE NIKISKI MARINE, INC., B-214279, FEB. 22, 1984, 84-1 CPD PARA. 227.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.