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B-217526, JAN 18, 1985, 85-1 CPD 70

B-217526 Jan 18, 1985
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CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: A PROTEST FILED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE REJECTION LETTER WAS RECEIVED BY KEUFFEL & ESSER ON DECEMBER 4. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT PROTESTS BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIC FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. 21.2(B)(2) (1984). SINCE THE PROTEST WAS NOT FILED UNTIL JANUARY 7. MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF THE PROTEST WAS KNOWN. IT IS UNTIMELY. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-217526, JAN 18, 1985, 85-1 CPD 70

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: A PROTEST FILED MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

KEUFFEL & ESSER:

KEUFFEL & ESSER PROTESTS THE REJECTION OF ITS OFFER UNDER SOLICITATION NO. FGE-B1-75287-N-10-5-84, ISSUED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA). GSA REJECTED THE OFFER BY LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1984. THE REJECTION LETTER WAS RECEIVED BY KEUFFEL & ESSER ON DECEMBER 4.

OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT PROTESTS BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIC FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. 21.2(B)(2) (1984). GSA'S NOVEMBER 27 LETTER SPECIFIED THE BASIS FOR THE REJECTION. SINCE THE PROTEST WAS NOT FILED UNTIL JANUARY 7, 1985, MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF THE PROTEST WAS KNOWN, IT IS UNTIMELY.

THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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