B-211241, APR 1, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST OF ALLEGED IMPROPRIETY IN SOLICITATION IS UNTIMELY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES WHEN FILED AFTER CLOSING TIME FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. THE CLOSING TIME FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS WAS 4:00 P.M. FCC'S PROTEST WAS FILED WITH OUR OFFICE AT 5:25 P.M. FCC'S PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-211241, APR 1, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST OF ALLEGED IMPROPRIETY IN SOLICITATION IS UNTIMELY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES WHEN FILED AFTER CLOSING TIME FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS.
FEDERAL COMPUTER CORP.:
FEDERAL COMPUTER CORP. (FCC) PROTESTS AS IMPROPER A CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT CONTAINED IN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) DAAA08-83R-0017 ISSUED BY ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. WE DISMISS THE PROTEST AS UNTIMELY.
A PROTEST OF AN ALLEGED IMPROPRIETY IN A SOLICITATION MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THE CLOSING TIME FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1982); INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, INCORPORATED, B-204429, JANUARY 6, 1982, 82-1 CPD 16. THE CLOSING TIME FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS WAS 4:00 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME ON MARCH 24, 1983. FCC'S PROTEST WAS FILED WITH OUR OFFICE AT 5:25 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. THUS, FCC'S PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.