B-213722, DEC 12, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST THAT IFB IS DEFECTIVE FILED AFTER BID OPENING IS UNTIMELY. IS DEFECTIVE IN SEVERAL RESPECTS. BID OPENING WAS OCTOBER 29. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN AN IFB WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING BE FILED BEFORE BID OPENING. 4 C.F.R. IT IS UNTIMELY.
B-213722, DEC 12, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST THAT IFB IS DEFECTIVE FILED AFTER BID OPENING IS UNTIMELY.
CROWN LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS, INC.:
CROWN LAUNDRY AND CLEANERS, INC. (CROWN), PROTESTS THAT INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. M67001-84-B-0001 ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, IS DEFECTIVE IN SEVERAL RESPECTS.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
BID OPENING WAS OCTOBER 29, 1983. CROWN SENT ITS PROTEST TO OUR OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 15, 1983. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PROTEST ALLEGING IMPROPRIETIES IN AN IFB WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING BE FILED BEFORE BID OPENING. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1983). SINCE CROWN FILED THE PROTEST AFTER BID OPENING, IT IS UNTIMELY. C.W.GIRARD, C.M., B-210135, JANUARY 10, 1983, 83-1 CPD 25.