B-192578, MARCH 30, 1979
Highlights
DIGEST: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED BY GAO MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION. WHEREIN WE HELD THE PROTESTED SMALL PURCHASE AWARD TO HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MADE SINCE KARD HAD NOT SHOWN FRAUD. WAS RECEIVED. WE ARE ADVISED THEREIN. SECTION 20.9(B) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES (4 C.F.R.PART 20 (1978)) PROVIDES THAT REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. SINCE IKARD KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOW OF THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION WHEN IT RECEIVED THE DECISION ON FEBRUARY 7. IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.
B-192578, MARCH 30, 1979
DIGEST: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED BY GAO MORE THAN 10 DAYS AFTER BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.
IKARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY-- RECONSIDERATION:
THE IKARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY (IKARD) HAS REQUESTED RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION IN IKARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, B-192578, FEBRUARY 5, 1979, WHEREIN WE HELD THE PROTESTED SMALL PURCHASE AWARD TO HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MADE SINCE KARD HAD NOT SHOWN FRAUD, INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT, OR FAILURE OF THE ACTIVITY TO MAKE A REASONABLE EFFORT TO SECURE ADEQUATE COMPETITION.
THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, DATED FEBRUARY 14, 1979, WAS RECEIVED, WE ARE ADVISED THEREIN, BY IKARD ON FEBRUARY 7, 1979. SECTION 20.9(B) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES (4 C.F.R.PART 20 (1978)) PROVIDES THAT REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 10 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION IS KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN. SINCE IKARD KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOW OF THE BASIS FOR RECONSIDERATION WHEN IT RECEIVED THE DECISION ON FEBRUARY 7, ITS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION, RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 23, IS UNTIMELY AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION. MOSHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.-- RECONSIDERATION, B-192008, MARCH 2, 1979.