B-199670, AUG 13, 1980
Highlights
IS UNTIMELY. CSR CONTENDS THAT SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE SOLICITATION WERE DEFICIENT. STATES: "PROTESTS BASED UPON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN ANY TYPE OF SOLICITATION WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS SHALL BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT THE CLOSING DATE WAS JUNE 20. NO PROTEST WAS LODGED WITH IT. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE MERITS.
B-199670, AUG 13, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST BASED ON APPARENT SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES, FILED AFTER CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS, IS UNTIMELY.
CSR INCORPORATED:
CSR INCORPORATED (CSR) PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR-EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. RIV-TAT-0024. CSR CONTENDS THAT SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE SOLICITATION WERE DEFICIENT.
SECTION 20.2(B)(1) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. PART 20 (1980), STATES:
"PROTESTS BASED UPON ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN ANY TYPE OF SOLICITATION WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS SHALL BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT THE CLOSING DATE WAS JUNE 20, 1980, AND NO PROTEST WAS LODGED WITH IT. CSR FILED ITS PROTEST WITH THIS OFFICE ON JULY 22, 1980.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE MERITS. A NAMED HAWAII, B-196438, OCTOBER 30, 1979, 80-1 CPD 1.