B-196018, SEP 25, 1979
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST FILED AFTER BID OPENING DDATE AGAINST ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING IS UNTIMELY UNDER 4 C.F.R. CAMPBELL CONTENDS THAT THE TERMS OF THE SOLICITATION ARE BIASED IN FAVOR OF THE INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR AND DEFICIENT ON OTHER GROUNDS. BID OPENING DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 7. CAMPBELL'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11. SINCE THE PROTEST RELATES TO ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN THE SOLICITATION WHICH WERE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING. THE PROTEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING IN ORDER TO BE TIMELY FILED UNDER SECTION 20.2 (B) (1) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES (4 C.F.R. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-196018, SEP 25, 1979
DIGEST: PROTEST FILED AFTER BID OPENING DDATE AGAINST ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN SOLICITATION APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING IS UNTIMELY UNDER 4 C.F.R. SEC. 20.2. (B)(1).
RONALD CAMPBELL COMPANY:
RONALD CAMPBELL COMPANY (CAMPBELL) HAS PROTESTED AGAINST SOLICITATION NO. 76SS-112 ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE FOR MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES.
CAMPBELL CONTENDS THAT THE TERMS OF THE SOLICITATION ARE BIASED IN FAVOR OF THE INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR AND DEFICIENT ON OTHER GROUNDS.
BID OPENING DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 7, 1979, AND CAMPBELL'S PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11, 1979. SINCE THE PROTEST RELATES TO ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN THE SOLICITATION WHICH WERE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING, THE PROTEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING IN ORDER TO BE TIMELY FILED UNDER SECTION 20.2 (B) (1) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES (4 C.F.R. PART 20 (1979)).
THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.