B-199099, JUN 23, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN TEN DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN IS UNTIMELY UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS. 1980 IT WAS ORALLY ADVISED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT NO AWARD WOULD BE MADE AND THAT THE RFP WOULD BE CANCELED. THE PROTEST WAS FILED IN OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 4. THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY SINCE OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. 4 C.F.R. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-199099, JUN 23, 1980
DIGEST: PROTEST FILED WITH GAO MORE THAN TEN DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN IS UNTIMELY UNDER BID PROTEST PROCEDURES AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION ON MERITS.
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.:
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. (COMPREHENSIVE) PROTESTS THE CANCELLATION OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. J-001-LEAA-80 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
COMPREHENSIVE STATES THAT ON MARCH 20, 1980 IT WAS ORALLY ADVISED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT NO AWARD WOULD BE MADE AND THAT THE RFP WOULD BE CANCELED. COMPREHENSIVE FURTHER STATES THAT ON MAY 15, 1980, IT RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THAT EFFECT. THE PROTEST WAS FILED IN OUR OFFICE ON JUNE 4, 1980. UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PROTEST IS UNTIMELY SINCE OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES REQUIRE THAT A PROTEST MUST BE FILED WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR PROTEST IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER. 4 C.F.R. SEC. 20.2(B)(1) (1980); LANIER BUSINESS PRODUCTS, INC., B-193516, JUNE 8, 1979, 79-1 CPD 407.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.