B-210424, FEB 1, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST REJECTION OF BID FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. IT MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN TO THE PROTESTER. CRAFT WAS INFORMED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER OF THE BASIS OF THE REJECTION OF THE CRAFT BID. THE PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON JANUARY 10. MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER CRAFT WAS INFORMED OF THE REASON FOR THE REJECTION OF ITS BID.
B-210424, FEB 1, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST REJECTION OF BID FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
CRAFT MANUFACTURING DIVISION:
THE CRAFT MANUFACTURING DIVISION (CRAFT) OF THE UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS CORPORATION PROTESTS THE REJECTION OF ITS BID UNDER UNITED STATES ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE COMMAND INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. DAAE07-82-B-B554.
WE DISMISS THE PROTEST AS UNTIMELY.
OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AT 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(2) (1982) PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER FOR A PROTEST TO BE CONSIDERED BY OUR OFFICE, IT MUST BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN TO THE PROTESTER. THE PROTEST STATES THAT ON DECEMBER 6, 1982, CRAFT WAS INFORMED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER OF THE BASIS OF THE REJECTION OF THE CRAFT BID. THE PROTEST WAS RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON JANUARY 10, 1983, MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER CRAFT WAS INFORMED OF THE REASON FOR THE REJECTION OF ITS BID.