B-181090, JUN 24, 1974
Highlights
PROTESTS OF REJECTION OF BIDS BASED ON INADEQUATE PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE FILED WITH GAO 4 WEEKS AFTER ATTORNEYS FOR PROTESTERS HAD BEEN INFORMED OF BASIS OF REJECTION ARE UNTIMELY UNDER 20.2(A) OF INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS. BOTH OF THE ABOVE PARTIES WERE NOTIFIED BY THE LOS ANGELES AREA OFFICE ON APRIL 2. THE SPECIFIC REASONS FOR THE REJECTIONS WERE REQUESTED FROM HUD BY THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PROTESTERS AND WERE RECEIVED BY THE ATTORNEYS ON MAY 16. THE ABOVE REFERENCED JUNE 6 LETTERS PROTESTING THE REJECTION WERE RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 11. A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITH OUR OFFICE WITHIN 5 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN.
B-181090, JUN 24, 1974
PROTESTS OF REJECTION OF BIDS BASED ON INADEQUATE PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE FILED WITH GAO 4 WEEKS AFTER ATTORNEYS FOR PROTESTERS HAD BEEN INFORMED OF BASIS OF REJECTION ARE UNTIMELY UNDER 20.2(A) OF INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS.
RICHARD J. HANICH; MIKE HANICH REALTY:
BY LETTERS OF JUNE 6, 1974, THE ATTORNEYS FOR RICHARD J. HANICH AND MIKE HANICH REALTY PROTESTED THE AWARDS MADE UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. 073- 74-122 ISSUED BY THE LOS ANGELES AREA OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD).
BOTH OF THE ABOVE PARTIES WERE NOTIFIED BY THE LOS ANGELES AREA OFFICE ON APRIL 2, 1974, THAT THEIR BIDS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS INADEQUATE PERFORMANCE. ON APRIL 10, 1974, THE SPECIFIC REASONS FOR THE REJECTIONS WERE REQUESTED FROM HUD BY THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE PROTESTERS AND WERE RECEIVED BY THE ATTORNEYS ON MAY 16, 1974. THE ABOVE REFERENCED JUNE 6 LETTERS PROTESTING THE REJECTION WERE RECEIVED IN OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 11, 1974.
UNDER SECTION 20.2(A) OF THE INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS, PUBLISHED IN TITLE 4 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITH OUR OFFICE WITHIN 5 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS OF THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. AS THE BASIS FOR THE PROTESTS WERE KNOWN ON MAY 16, 1974, THE PROTESTS FILED IN OUR OFFICE 4 WEEKS THEREAFTER ARE UNTIMELY.
THEREFORE, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTESTS.