B-200772, NOV 18, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST OF ALLEGED SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES NOT FILED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS. THE RFP'S CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS WAS SEPTEMBER 8. THAT THE RFP IS IMPROPER AND INCOMPLETE BECAUSE CSS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSOR TO RUN THE SUBJECT APPLICATION. CSS SPECIFICALLY LISTS SEVEN ITEMS OF INFORMATION WHICH IT BELIEVES ARE NECESSARY TO PREPARE AN ACCEPTABLE PROPOSAL. WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS.
B-200772, NOV 18, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST OF ALLEGED SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES NOT FILED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS.
COMPUTER SHARING SERVICES, INC.:
COMPUTER SHARING SERVICES, INC. (CSS), PROTESTS ANY AWARD OR DETERMINATION TO PERFORM THE WORK IN-HOUSE UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. RFP L/A 80-22 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTER SUPPORT SERVICES AT LABOR'S DENVER COMPUTER CENTER. THE RFP'S CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS WAS SEPTEMBER 8, 1980.
CSS ESSENTIALLY CONTENDS, IN ITS PROTEST FILED HERE ON OCTOBER 8, 1980, THAT THE RFP IS IMPROPER AND INCOMPLETE BECAUSE CSS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSOR TO RUN THE SUBJECT APPLICATION. CSS SPECIFICALLY LISTS SEVEN ITEMS OF INFORMATION WHICH IT BELIEVES ARE NECESSARY TO PREPARE AN ACCEPTABLE PROPOSAL. CSS ALSO EXPLAINS THAT THE RFP DID NOT PRECISELY DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACKUP FACILITY.
PROTESTS ALLEGING SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES, WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS, AS HERE, MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 20.2(B)(1) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. 4 C.F.R. PART 20 (1980). SEE CALIFORNIA COMPUTER PRODUCTS, INC., B-193611, MARCH 16, 1979, 79-1 CPD 150. ACCORDINGLY, CSS'S PROTEST FILED HERE ON OCTOBER 8, 1980, IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS. CALIFORNIA AERO DYNAMICS CORPORATION, B-194967, OCTOBER 25, 1979, 79-2 CPD 293; UNITED COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., B-198782, MAY 23, 1980, 80-1 CPD 361.