B-212063, JUN 24, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION WHICH IS FILED AFTER CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY. ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE RFP SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INVITATION FOR BIDS AND THAT THE SOLICITATION DID NOT ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO PRODUCE AND DELIVER THE SOLICITED GOODS. THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS WAS APRIL 29. SCOTT AVIATION'S PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 10.
B-212063, JUN 24, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION WHICH IS FILED AFTER CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY.
SCOTT AVIATION:
SCOTT AVIATION PROTESTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. FD2030-83 11365 ISSUED BY TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OKLAHOMA, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE RFP SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INVITATION FOR BIDS AND THAT THE SOLICITATION DID NOT ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO PRODUCE AND DELIVER THE SOLICITED GOODS.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST AS UNTIMELY.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS WAS APRIL 29, 1983. SCOTT AVIATION'S PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 10, 1983, 6 WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE. A PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(1) (1983). THIS INCLUDES PROTESTS AGAINST THE METHOD OF SOLICITATION USED BY THE AGENCY, ANDERSON ENGINEERING AND TESTING COMPANY, B-208632, JANUARY 31, 1983, 83-1 CPD 99, AS WELL AS THOSE AGAINST THE SOLICITED DELIVERY SCHEDULE, THOMSON-CSF COMPONENTS, DUMONT DIVISION, B-200139, JANUARY 27, 1981, 81-1 CPD 45.