B-216988, NOV 26, 1984, 84-2 CPD 564
Highlights
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES - APPARENT PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS DIGEST: ALLEGATION THAT RFP IS RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY WHEN NOT FILED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. DAHC06-84-R-0016 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY IS RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION. REQUIRE THAT PROTESTS BASED UPON ALLEGED SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES THAT ARE APPARENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS BE FILED BEFORE THAT DATE. THE CLOSING DATE FOR PROPOSALS WAS OCTOBER 19. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
B-216988, NOV 26, 1984, 84-2 CPD 564
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES - APPARENT PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS DIGEST: ALLEGATION THAT RFP IS RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION IS DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY WHEN NOT FILED BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS.
MITCHELL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.:
MITCHELL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (MMS) PROTESTS THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. DAHC06-84-R-0016 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY IS RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1984), REQUIRE THAT PROTESTS BASED UPON ALLEGED SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES THAT ARE APPARENT BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS BE FILED BEFORE THAT DATE. MMS FILED ITS PROTEST AGAINST THE RFP ON OCTOBER 31, 1984. THE CLOSING DATE FOR PROPOSALS WAS OCTOBER 19, 1984. SINCE MMS DID NOT PROTEST THE ALLEGED RFP IMPROPRIETY UNTIL AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.