B-181086, MAY 13, 1974
Highlights
SINCE OFFEROR WAS DEBRIEFED ON MARCH 21. PROTEST IS UNTIMELY UNDER SECTION 20.2(A). INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS WHICH PROVIDES THAT "BID PROTEST SHALL BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 5 (WORKING) DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. WHICHEVER IS EARLIER.". IT IS REPORTED BY LPL THAT A DEBRIEFING WAS HELD ON MARCH 21. AT WHICH TIME IT WAS ADVISED OF THE REASONS FOR REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSAL. SINCE SECTION 20.2(A) OF OUR INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS PROVIDES THAT "BID PROTESTS SHALL BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 5 (WORKING) DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. " WE CONCLUDE THAT THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY.
B-181086, MAY 13, 1974
SINCE OFFEROR WAS DEBRIEFED ON MARCH 21, 1974, AS TO REASONS FOR PROPOSAL NOT BEING ACCEPTED, AND DID NOT PROTEST AWARD TO THIS OFFICE UNTIL APRIL 17, 1974, PROTEST IS UNTIMELY UNDER SECTION 20.2(A), INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS WHICH PROVIDES THAT "BID PROTEST SHALL BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 5 (WORKING) DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER."
TO LPL TECHNICAL SERVICE, INCORPORATED:
LPL TECHNICAL SERVICE, INCORPORATED, PROTESTS AGAINST THE REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSAL UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. N00123-73-R-2409, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.
IT IS REPORTED BY LPL THAT A DEBRIEFING WAS HELD ON MARCH 21, 1974, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS ADVISED OF THE REASONS FOR REJECTION OF ITS PROPOSAL. HOWEVER, LPL DID NOT FILE A PROTEST IN OUR OFFICE UNTIL APRIL 17, 1974. SINCE SECTION 20.2(A) OF OUR INTERIM BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS PROVIDES THAT "BID PROTESTS SHALL BE FILED NOT LATER THAN 5 (WORKING) DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR THE PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER," WE CONCLUDE THAT THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY.
ACCORDINGLY, WE ARE CLOSING OUR FILE WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.