B-200020, SEP 18, 1980
Highlights
FILED AFTER BID OPENING DATE IS UNTIMELY. STATE THAT ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION: "*** WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS SHALL BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE ***" THE BID OPENING DATE HERE WAS JULY 23. TECHNICAL'S PROTEST WAS FILED ON AUGUST 18. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE MERITS.
B-200020, SEP 18, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST, BASED ON APPARENT SOLICITATION IMPROPRIETIES, FILED AFTER BID OPENING DATE IS UNTIMELY.
TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC.:
TECHNICAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC. (TECHNICAL), PROTESTS A SPECIFICATION REQUIRING THE USE OF SIMPLEX ELECTRONIC CLOCKS, CONTAINED IN THE INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSAILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. TECHNICAL ARGUES THAT THE SPECIFICATION RESTRICTS COMPETITION.
OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. SEC. 20.2(B)(1) (1980), STATE THAT ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN A SOLICITATION:
"*** WHICH ARE APPARENT PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS SHALL BE FILED PRIOR TO BID OPENING OR THE CLOSING DATE ***"
THE BID OPENING DATE HERE WAS JULY 23, 1980. TECHNICAL'S PROTEST WAS FILED ON AUGUST 18, 1980. THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE MERITS. CSR INCORPORATED, B-199670, AUGUST 13, 1980, 80-2 CPD .