B-208069, JUL 12, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SOLICITATION SPECIFICATIONS WHICH IS RECEIVED BY GAO AFTER THE TIME SET FOR BID OPENING IS NOT TIMELY. BIDS WERE OPENED ON JUNE 29. 1982 AT 1:00 P.M.CARRIER'S HAND-DELIVERED PROTEST WAS STAMPED IN AT GAO AT 1:54 P.M. THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-208069, JUL 12, 1982
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SOLICITATION SPECIFICATIONS WHICH IS RECEIVED BY GAO AFTER THE TIME SET FOR BID OPENING IS NOT TIMELY.
CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING:
CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING (CARRIER) PROTESTS SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. F18600-82-B-8411, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
PROTESTS BASED ON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1982). SEE KEUFFEL & ESSER CO., B-206229, FEBRUARY 9, 1982, 82-1 CPD 123. BIDS WERE OPENED ON JUNE 29, 1982 AT 1:00 P.M.CARRIER'S HAND-DELIVERED PROTEST WAS STAMPED IN AT GAO AT 1:54 P.M. ON THAT DATE. THE PROTEST IS THEREFORE UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.