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B-207505.2, AUG 17, 1982

B-207505.2 Aug 17, 1982
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DIGEST: TEN-DAY PERIOD FOR FILING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF PROTEST IS NOT TOLLED WHILE PROTESTER SEEKS ADVICE OR INFORMATION REGARDING RECONSIDERATION FROM ANOTHER PARTY. THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION ALSO IS UNTIMELY. THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION WAS FILED WITH OUR OFFICE ON JULY 23. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF WHEN A PROTESTER KNOWS OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION. ALTHOUGH TENAVISION INDICATES THAT THE DELAY IN FILING THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION AFTER RECEIPT OF THE DECISION WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT SOUGHT ADVICE REGARDING THE RECONSIDERATION FROM ANOTHER PARTY BEFORE FILING.

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B-207505.2, AUG 17, 1982

DIGEST: TEN-DAY PERIOD FOR FILING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF PROTEST IS NOT TOLLED WHILE PROTESTER SEEKS ADVICE OR INFORMATION REGARDING RECONSIDERATION FROM ANOTHER PARTY.

TENAVISION, INC. - RECONSIDERATION:

TENAVISION, INC. (TENAVISION), REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF OUR JUNE 11, 1982, DECISION, B-207505, 82-1 CPD 563, WHICH DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY TENAVISION'S PROTEST AGAINST THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT UNDER SOLICITATION NO. N72474-81-C-8274 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.

THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION ALSO IS UNTIMELY.

THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION WAS FILED WITH OUR OFFICE ON JULY 23, 1982, 29 WORKING DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE DECISION. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF WHEN A PROTESTER KNOWS OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION. SEE 4 C.F.R. 20.9(B) (1982). THE 10 DAY PERIOD FOR RECONSIDERATION BEGINS TO RUN WITH THE RECEIPT OF OUR DECISION. BELL & HOWELL COMPANY - RECONSIDERATION, B-203235.6, MARCH 2, 1982, 82-1 CPD 183. ALTHOUGH TENAVISION INDICATES THAT THE DELAY IN FILING THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION AFTER RECEIPT OF THE DECISION WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT SOUGHT ADVICE REGARDING THE RECONSIDERATION FROM ANOTHER PARTY BEFORE FILING, THE TIME PERIOD FOR FILING IS NOT TOLLED WHILE A PROTESTER SEEKS ADVICE OR INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER PARTY. SEE CROWN LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS, INC., B-194505, JULY 18, 1979, 79-2 CPD 38.

CONSEQUENTLY, WE DISMISS THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION.

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