B-187014, AUGUST 11, 1976
Highlights
FINAL MASTER PLAN IS UNTIMELY UNDER SEC. 20.2(B)(2) OF BID PROTEST PROCEDURES WHERE PROTESTER WAS DEBRIEFED ON JUNE 15. PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH GAO UNTIL JULY 21. HAVE JOINTLY PROTESTED THE AWARD OF A TURNKEY HOUSING PROJECT UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. DERSHAM'S PROTEST IS BASED ON THE ALLEGATION THAT THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSAL DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RFP. SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR AWARD. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE NAVY THAT THE AWARD WAS MADE ON JUNE 4. THAT THE UNSUCCESSFUL OFFERORS WERE ADVISED OF THIS ACTION ON JUNE 8. WERE DEBRIEFED ON JUNE 15. THE PROTEST OF DERSHAM WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL JULY 21. BID PROTESTS MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN.
B-187014, AUGUST 11, 1976
PROTEST CONTENDING THAT AWARDEE'S PROPOSAL DOES NOT CONFORM WITH RFP, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AND FINAL MASTER PLAN IS UNTIMELY UNDER SEC. 20.2(B)(2) OF BID PROTEST PROCEDURES WHERE PROTESTER WAS DEBRIEFED ON JUNE 15, 1976, AND PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH GAO UNTIL JULY 21, 1976.
C-R-K AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; DERSHAM ARCHITECTS:
DERSHAM ARCHITECTS AND C-R-K AND ASSOCIATES, INC. (DERSHAM), HAVE JOINTLY PROTESTED THE AWARD OF A TURNKEY HOUSING PROJECT UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. N68248-76-R-6011, ISSUED BY THE NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND.
DERSHAM'S PROTEST IS BASED ON THE ALLEGATION THAT THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSAL DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RFP, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, AND THE FINAL MASTER PLAN AND, THEREFORE, SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE NAVY THAT THE AWARD WAS MADE ON JUNE 4, 1976, AND THAT THE UNSUCCESSFUL OFFERORS WERE ADVISED OF THIS ACTION ON JUNE 8, 1976, AND WERE DEBRIEFED ON JUNE 15, 1976.
THE PROTEST OF DERSHAM WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL JULY 21, 1976. UNDER SECTION 20.2(B)(2) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES (40 FED.REG. 17979 (1975)), BID PROTESTS MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. DERSHAM WAS DEBRIEFED ON JUNE 15, 1976, AND THE PROTEST WAS NOT FILED WITH OUR OFFICE UNTIL MORE THAN A MONTH LATER, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.