B-216518, SEP 28, 1984, 84-2 CPD 375
Highlights
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: PROTEST FILED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST WAS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE A PROTEST SUCH AS THIS TO BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF WHEN THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. FILED IS DEFINED BY OUR PROCEDURES AS "RECEIPT" IN THE CONTRACTING AGENCY OR THIS OFFICE. WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND RECEIVED HERE ON SEPTEMBER 24. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER IT. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-216518, SEP 28, 1984, 84-2 CPD 375
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - TIMELINESS OF PROTEST - DATE BASIS OF PROTEST MADE KNOWN TO PROTESTER DIGEST: PROTEST FILED MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST WAS KNOWN IS UNTIMELY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES.
OLYMPUS CORPORATION:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO ANOTHER FIRM UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. N00140-84-R-1132 ISSUED BY THE NAVY.
THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY. OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE A PROTEST SUCH AS THIS TO BE FILED WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS OF WHEN THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(2) (1984). FILED IS DEFINED BY OUR PROCEDURES AS "RECEIPT" IN THE CONTRACTING AGENCY OR THIS OFFICE. C.F.R. SEC. 21.2(B)(3). OLYMPUS STATES THAT IT RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE AWARD ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1984. ITS PROTEST, HOWEVER, WAS MAILED ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND RECEIVED HERE ON SEPTEMBER 24. THE PROTEST THEREFORE DOES NOT SATISFY OUR TIMELINESS REQUIREMENTS, AND WE WILL NOT CONSIDER IT.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.