B-186588, AUGUST 26, 1976
Highlights
PROTEST OF SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION IS UNTIMELY FILED AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION. THE PROTESTED SOLICITATION WAS SYNOPSIZED IN THE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ON JANUARY 7. 1976 WHICH THE NAVY HAS ADVISED WAS RECEIVED BY RANTEC ON APRIL 26. IT WAS NOT UNTIL MAY 24. THE ABOVE FACTS WERE NOT INITIALLY EVIDENT BUT BECAME APPARENT ONCE THE CASE WAS FURTHER DEVELOPED. BASED ON THE ABOVE IT APPEARS RANTEC'S PROTEST TO GAO IS UNTIMELY. THE PROTEST IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THIS OFFICE.
B-186588, AUGUST 26, 1976
PROTEST OF SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION IS UNTIMELY FILED AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. (RANTEC DIV.):
THE RANTEC DIVISION OF EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. (RANTEC) PROTESTS THE NAVAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS COMMAND'S (NAVY) INTENDED SOLE SOURCE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR 13 SOLID STATE SHIPBOARD TACAN ANTENNAS UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) N00039-76-R-0188(S) TO THE AVIONICS DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CORPORATION (ITT). THE PROTESTED SOLICITATION WAS SYNOPSIZED IN THE COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ON JANUARY 7, 1976 WITH A CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS OF MARCH 10, 1976. RANTEC INITIALLY PROTESTED THE SOLE SOURCE NATURE OF THE SOLICITATION TO THE NAVY ON APRIL 7, 1976. THE NAVY DENIED RANTEC'S PROTEST BY LETTER DATED APRIL 23, 1976 WHICH THE NAVY HAS ADVISED WAS RECEIVED BY RANTEC ON APRIL 26, 1976. IT WAS NOT UNTIL MAY 24, 1976 THAT RANTEC PROTESTED TO THIS OFFICE. THE ABOVE FACTS WERE NOT INITIALLY EVIDENT BUT BECAME APPARENT ONCE THE CASE WAS FURTHER DEVELOPED.
BASED ON THE ABOVE IT APPEARS RANTEC'S PROTEST TO GAO IS UNTIMELY, IT BEING LODGED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER INITIAL ADVERSE AGENCY ACTION, 4 CFR 20.2(A) (1976).
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THIS OFFICE.