B-212378.5, AUG 26, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE BASIS OF ITS PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE ARMY INFORMED GSL THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO STEP ONE OF THE TWO-STEP PROCUREMENT. GSL'S PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON AUGUST 9. PROVIDES THAT A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. SINCE THE PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER GSL RECEIVED NOTICE THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-212378.5, AUG 26, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST NOT RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE PROTESTER KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE BASIS OF ITS PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
GREAT SALT LAKE ELECTRIC, INC.:
GREAT SALT LAKE ELECTRIC, INC. (GSL), PROTESTS THE AWARD OF ANY CONTRACT UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. DACA05-83-R-0046, ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY (ARMY). BY LETTER DATED JULY 5, 1983, THE ARMY INFORMED GSL THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO STEP ONE OF THE TWO-STEP PROCUREMENT. GSL'S PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON AUGUST 9.
SECTION 21.2(B)(2) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(2) (1983), PROVIDES THAT A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. SINCE THE PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER GSL RECEIVED NOTICE THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE, IT IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.